Mr. Met Harasser Banned Indefinitely

The Mets' 2008 season may be over, but the law keeping working on cases with rowdy fans: The Daily News reports Brooklyn resident Christian Hansen "admitted to badgering the baseball-headed mascot - while swatting young fans out of his way" - back at a May 31 Mets win over the Dodgers. Hansen also apparently refused to leave Shea, "took a swing at a security guard and spit in his face," earning him a conditional discharge, $500 fine and an indefinite ban from Mets home games. And in spite of the Mets' and Queens DA's "zero tolerance" theft and vandalism policy (PDF) for Shea's last weekend, 17 fans were arrested for trying to steal seats, plaques and banners, a criminal bookend to the start of Shea's last stand.

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By Jen Chung in News on October 1, 2008 9:29 AM

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leonwestbrook

Why do morons insist on stealing seats when the Mets gave over 9000 warnings against theft.

Darwinism at its finest.

NannyState

This one we know about, but the Mets succesfully hid that earlier incident between Mr. Met and a Furry...

Spirit of 76

Why not link to the earlier story on Gothamist? It surely appears that "ist" was lying about the incident in comment 4 since Hansen admits he did everything he was accused of.

Mr Mel

There's somebody inside?

dr zippy

Regardless of Mr. Met's qualities as a mascot, is it really worth hassling the poor schlub inside the costume?

JMH

That's crazy talk; Mr. Met is the best mascot ever.

Rob T Firefly

Even when I really liked baseball and the Mets I deeply hated Mr. Met. He's got to be the least imaginative idea for a mascot in baseball history.

Messing with the kids is out of line, though.