The Mets’ rallying cries aren’t uniting everybody.
With the group taking part in the ultimate sport of its four-game set on the highway in Pittsburgh, SNY cameras lower to Mets followers holding up “OMG” indicators and chanting, “Let’s Go Mets!”
Nonetheless, former MVP and present coloration commentator Keith Hernandez spoke his thoughts a couple of completely different variation of the slogan.
“So long as they, on the opposite one, don’t add on the F,” Hernandez stated. “I don’t just like the F.”
Hernandez continued by relaying destructive experiences with followers asking for “LFGM” as an alternative of “LGM” by way of autographs.
“I’ve had individuals ask me, one thing to signal, and, ‘Would you thoughts placing LF…?’ I say, ‘No, no. I don’t do this,” Hernandez provided. “Very, very grotesque.”
Because the Mets have soared to a 16-8 report of their final 24 video games, the group has seemingly been propelled by two practically otherworldly phenomena.
The primary got here after the McDonald’s character, Grimace, threw out the primary pitch forward of the group’s June 13 sport towards the Miami Marlins — an occasion that spurred six straight wins, even being dubbed the “Grimace Impact.”
The opposite occurred when second baseman Jose Iglesias carried out his music “OMG” on the sphere after the Mets’ 7-2 win over the Astros on June 28 — turning right into a viral worldwide tune and an embodiment of the group’s nice vitality.
Mockingly, Hernandez’s feedback don’t appear to replicate how members of the Mets themselves really feel concerning the profane saying.
In a July 2022 article for The Gamers’ Tribune, All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso sang the praises of “LFGM” and its related that means.
“That is the New York Mets we’re speaking about, you already know what I imply?,” Alonso wrote. “We symbolize the best metropolis on the planet. And whether or not you’re a participant or a fan, all of us ought to be proud to be part of this factor. We ought to say LFGM like we effing imply it. Prefer it issues.”
The celebrity hasn’t shied away from the phrase earlier than, both.
Throughout his rookie 12 months in August 2019, Alonso tweeted a clip with “LFGM,” which resonated with Mets followers.
Alonso adopted it up by uttering the 4 letters throughout a postgame interview.
Hernandez’s feedback could not have confirmed omen for the Mets, who misplaced to the Pirates after permitting 5 runs within the sixth inning.
Now solely 2 ½ video games again of the ultimate NL Wild Card spot, the Mets start a three-game sequence with the Washington Nationals Tuesday night time.
