Sad Stache

The artist truly captured Bobby's "Suck Period."

April Fools’ Day seems like the right time to address a sad chapter in Metstache history (seeing as we’ve been acting a little cheeky today).  A Metstache we wish we hadn’t better known.  A stache who, like Grover Cleveland, served two non-consecutive terms.  Ladies, gentlemen and mustaches, let’s talk about Bobby Bonilla.

Bobby signed with the Mets in December of 1992 for a then whopping 5 years and $29 million dollars.  He was to be the centerpiece of the Mets resurgence after seeing their 1980s glory days fade away like so many acid washed denim jackets.  Mets fans were filled with optimism as a new decade of success seemed to be on the horizon.  Little did we know that Bobby (and his stache) would prove to be the exception to the stache rule. Read more »