Sad Stache: Dave Kingman

This is the one and only time Dave was ever seen smiling.

Ahoy! Hairy B, here, checking in from USVI. The post you are about to read originally began as a fine edition to the Better Know a Metstache series. However, after making it through several paragraphs, I realized there weren’t many positive things to say about the fine stached stallion on the right. So, I decided it best to turn TS’s Sad Stache post about Bobby Bonilla into a series: The Sad Stache series, where we highlight low-points in Metstache history. So here goes.

Ever hear Tommy Lasorda’s expletive-filled rant that goes on and on and on about his “opinion” of a certain player’s performance? The certain player that he discusses, in response to a quickly-humbled reporter’s question had crushed three home run’s in that night’s game, sending the Dodgers to a 10-7 loss. That certain player was none other than the former Met lunatic, Dave Kingman. Famously waspish, but more importantly whiskered, Dave was a towering slugger who spent two separate stints with the Mets: one from 1975 to 1977, and the other from 1981 to 1983. Read more »

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 »