Close-Knit Mets Ride Camaraderie and Good-Luck Charms
Meet the Mets’ Playoff Pumpkin, a Good-Luck Charm That Seems to Be Working
First baseman Pete Alonso picked up a cute and carvable souvenir on a recent trip to Milwaukee. Fans are pinning their postseason hopes on the lucky gourd.
OMG, Grimace and a playoff pumpkin: Close-knit Mets ride camaraderie and good-luck charms into NLCS
From their playoff pumpkin to the purple Grimace seat and that catchy pop song by infielder Jose Iglesias, the merry New York Mets are riding a wave of good-luck charms and infectious camaraderie to unexpected October success.
The Mets' playoff pumpkin is their new postseason good luck charm
This is the playoff pumpkin. Pete Alonso picked it himself this week at a Wisconsin pumpkin patch. It's now another good-luck charm for the Mets. pic.twitter.com/l7ewDnvu6w Pete Alonso holding the “Playoff Pumpkin.” He picked it himself last weekend. pic.twitter.com/82bNP1WefO
From Grimace to The Playoff Pumpkin, Mets' good luck charms explained
After Wild Card hero Pete Alonso pummeled the game-winning, three-run home run to boost the Mets into the National League Division Series, the slugger caught attention among the postseason celebration for the orange circular object in his left hand.
Pete Alonso's playoff pumpkin spices up string of good-luck charms for Mets ahead of NLDS
Pete Alonso and the Mets are taking a playoff pumpkin with them on their playoff run back to the Big Apple. These Cinderella Mets -- who appropriately use orange in their color scheme -- hope their carriage ride through the postseason won’t turn into a pumpkin at midnight any time soon as they chase their first World Series championship since 1986.
Mets playoff pumpkin, explained: How Pete Alonso's fall squash became postseason good-luck charm
Alonso explained that when the Mets were in Milawaukee at the end of the regular season, he and his wife found the pumpkin while visiting a farm in the area. Alonso decided to bring it back to the team, giving the organization a new charm as it headed into a crucial week of games.
How a pumpkin became a gourd luck charm for Alonso, Mets
The story of how the pumpkin -- and its carved-up Jack O'Lantern version -- became a symbol of Halloween is connected to Irish folklore, with people carving turnips to ward off the devil. The story of
OMG The Mets have a pumpkin, Grimace and the momentum the Phillies need
The Mets have the NLDS series lead. They’re also having fun as the loose group believes they can win a game after being silenced for the first seven innings.
Mets ride OMG, Grimace and a playoff pumpkin to NLCS
From their playoff pumpkin to the purple Grimace seat and that catchy pop song by infielder Jose Iglesias, the merry New York Mets are riding a wave of good-luck charms and infectious camaraderie to unexpected October success.
Mets have embraced a season of mascots, songs and a pumpkin
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