OMG, meet HOF: Mets' celebratory sign comes to Cooperstown
Anthony DiComo
@AnthonyDiComoNEW YORK -- The ¡°OMG¡± Mets are going to live forever.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., announced Tuesday that one of the Mets¡¯ ¡°OMG¡± signs will join the institution's permanent collection and will go on display in the "Your Team Today" exhibit. The sign, which Mets players used during dugout celebrations, features the large acrylic letters ¡°OMG¡± as well as inscriptions from its creator, Jerome McCroy.
The Mets used two ¡°OMG¡± signs over the course of the summer. The first, which McCroy gifted to Jose Iglesias following the release of his hit single in June, became a key part of the Mets¡¯ dugout home run celebrations. The second, which is the one that will be on display in Cooperstown, belonged to the team¡¯s pitchers.
Both signs became featured props in the Mets¡¯ clubhouse celebrations following their playoff clincher in Atlanta in September, as well as their National League Wild Card Series and Division Series wins against Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
As for Iglesias, who became a free agent this week, the Mets are interested in keeping him around.
¡°Iggy did a great job for us both on and off the field,¡± president of baseball operations David Stearns said Tuesday at the GM Meetings in San Antonio, Texas. ¡°Like all of our free agents, really, we¡¯re going to keep in touch, and we¡¯d love to have him back.¡±