WRITTEN BY GUEST BLOGGER REVEREND DAVID J. CIANCIO OF BURGER CONQUEST
With our woeful Mets struggling to do anything right (last night’s Braves pummeling notwithstanding) and a 3rd Shake Shack location opened at Citi Field, we had a perfect target for a Wright Stache / Burger Conquest joint operation. But why stop at 2 blogs? We like to go big so we invited Mookie Singerman from the metal band Genghis Tron, on behalf of heavy metal blog MetalSucks, and our good friend Chuck — who somehow managed to hook up 5th row seats behind the 3rd base dugout, and also happens to run the road merch operation for Alice in Chains and others — to join in on our pursuit for a tasty burger.
If you’re a foodie like we are, you know all there is to know about the Danny Meyer “roadside” burger stand, the Shake Shack. If this is the first you have heard of it, there’s a reason for the hype; it’s awesome. You can read more by clicking here. One of our favorite summer pastimes is drinking and eating our way around a baseball park (See Yankee Stadium / Dodger Stadium Burger Conquests) this was lined up to be a lot of fun. With Mustaches adorned, we set off on our Conquest.
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Yesterday, JCP and I took The Wright Stache to the Mets game, donning brand-spankin’ new Wright Stache T-Shirts for all to admire; JCP with his lovely girlfriend Emily, and I, Hairy Backman, with my Mother and Father in celebration of Mothers Day. Not only did we get to witness a proper sweeping of the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates on a beautiful Spring Day, but we were also able to spread the word of the Wright Stache on our backs; sparking both interest and excitement from Mets Fans of all corners of New York’s perfect ballpark, Citi Field. Check out these photos, courtesy of Mom (whose husband, my Dad, has sported an elite baseball mustache for the better part of his life…more on that in an upcoming post circa Father’s Day):
Selling some Wright Stache swag pre-game.
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"We paid for these bricks to inflate our self-worth."
If you’ve had the privilege of attending a game at Citi Field yet, you’d know that as you approach the entrance to the Jackie Robinson Rotunda you’ll see a large series of engraved bricks paving the walkway, each with a personally selected message chosen by zealous suckers Mets fans willing to be gauged out of donate to charity at least $195 to have their words grace the doormat entrance-way of our beloved Mets’ new home until it’s knocked down and the next one is built for all of eternity.
One such brick (given, not the one TWS readers Daryl Stacheberry and Oliver Peachfuzz strong-armed me into contributing towards), highlighted in a recent New York Times piece, seems to have pre-emptively supported the mission of The Wright Stache:
McDowell’s Mets teams of the 1980s, with all their flash and flair, might have been what prompted the Loshiavo Family to write, “Great Hair Wins Championships!”
Loshiavo family, we could not agree more. McDowell and co. may have had some wicked flop-tops, but we all know it was their stylish lip jazz that led the ‘86 team to glory. We hope you’ll join us in our mission to get David Wright to grow a ’stache.
Perhaps we’ve inadvertently stumbled upon a pre-game meeting place for our TWS Million Mustache Marches? Get it? Stumbled upon. See what I did there? Bricks on the ground… walking… stumbled. Yeah.
-JCP
I'm the greatest hitting catcher in Mets History.
Good morning to the fine and friendly readers of The Wright Stache. Today is Monday, April 13th. Tonight marks the Mets 2009 Home Opener at the brand spankin’ new Citi Field. Mets Legend Tom Seaver will be throwing the ceremonial first pitch tonight. And on the receiving end of that pitch? None other than the greatest catcher in Mets and Metstache history, Mike Piazza.
The blogosphere has been giving Mike a lot of junk lately, saying this and that about how he may have used steroids. We won’t take a position on that one way or another, because here at the ’stache, we stick to the real issues. And by real issues, I’m talkin’ Handlebar or Fu-Chu. Walrus or Imperial. Pencil-thin or Thick-as-Thieves. Ya dig?
Mike toyed with several different styles throughout his career before shaving it all off a couple of years ago. But we’re assuming (hoping) he pulled a surprise-growth for old times sake and shows it off at Citi tonight. If he does, we’re taking it as a symbolic tip-of-the-cap towards The Wright Stache movement.
Yesterday was the first game ever at Citi Field. The St. John’s Red Storm took on the Hoyas of Georgetown. People wandered around taking pictures. The bats made a strange “ping” sound. And, for the first time in history, The Wright Stache made its presence known at the new home of the New York Metropolitans baseball club.
I made my way out to Flushing armed with a ticket courtesy of friend o’ the stache Matt Huang, my camera and, of course, my stache. While it was odd to feel like a stranger in a strange land, I can say with great pride that nothing felt more natural than being at our new ballpark with the stache.
There are plenty of previews of Citi Field out there, so I didn’t go overboard with photographs. I was just there to let The Wright Stache (via my stache) and Citi Field get acquainted. I am pleased to report that they got along swimmingly.
I did snap a few photos which you are more than welcome to view here. And, if you have pictures of mustaches at Citi Field (yours or those belonging to anonymous friends o’ the stache), please be sure to SEND THEM TO US.
We have a big day and week ahead of us, so check back often. Let’s just say that 10:45 this morning will be life changing.
Carpal tunnel has never been more rewarding.
Over the course of the past 3 days, we’ve been steadily crunching numbers in the basement of an old, rundown, rat-infested Brooklyn warehouse. We’re trying to find out if people are talking about The Wright Stache and how they’re finding out about it. And we found that the best way to calculate this data is using cutting edge World Wide Web technologies (provided by top tech companies like Prodigy and EarthLink) and some good old fashioned statistics. While we can’t get into exact figures (our statistics are highly confidential), we can say with a great deal of certainty that The Wright Stache is picking up some serious traction. Since our launch, only 2 short days ago, we’ve already increased our site traffic tenfold. And the majority of the traffic is coming from people who are coming here straight from Facebook, Twitter, and share links posted all over the web. We’re showing up on other blogs, message boards, and all types of social networks. What does this all mean? It means that people are talkin ’bout the Stache!
And we couldn’t be happier. In all seriousness, it looks like this whole crazy idea might actually be catching on. If you’re reading this, then you may just be one of the many that would love to see our beloved Mets hero grow a stache on that smooth upper lip of his. So, tell and friend, won’t you? We’d greatly appreciate it. And we’ll see you at Citi Field in only a few short weeks.
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