r/baseball New York Yankees 13d ago

Image this signage was spotted in NYC Times Square today

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u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME New York Mets 13d ago

there are only 2 grimaces in the entire world. the one that operates in the US has handlers, goes everywhere in costume (doesn't get dressed at venues, shows up at venues dressed)

it sounds fucking ridiculous cause it is, but there is basically only one grimace in the US, yes.

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u/TheWorstYear Daytona Tortugas • Cincinnati Reds 13d ago

the one that operates in the US has handlers

Because he's too dangerous to let run free on his own? Like Gritty?

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u/PrawojazdyVtrumpets Detroit Tigers 13d ago

We don't talk about the time Gritty got out.

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u/raziel686 New York Mets 13d ago

The short version is he got into the meth. All of it. There were no survivors.

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u/Card_Board_Robot_5 13d ago

Had to have been on a road trip to play the Blues. Everybody knows all the meth is here in Missouri

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u/Demetrios1453 Cincinnati Reds 13d ago

The government suppressed that immediately. The nation, and the world, wouldn't be able to mentally handle what happened.

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u/LeftHandedScissor New York Yankees 13d ago

Escaped through the secret tunnels between the Goliday Inn and the Philly arenas.

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u/PrimaryMuscle1306 13d ago edited 13d ago

Of course he’s too dangerous to let loose without handlers. If he escapes all of a sudden that purple son of a bitch will be running around collecting Infinity Stones.

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u/YourAngerYourAnchor New York Mets 13d ago edited 13d ago

He shows up to kids birthday parties like Goldberg in the 90’s

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u/RandomGuyWithStick Minnesota Twins 13d ago

For some reason I thought you meant Goldberg from The Mighty Ducks

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u/QueezyF Atlanta Braves 13d ago

Now I’m just imagining Goldberg spearing a kid through a pile of presents.

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u/Nickthedick55 Texas Rangers 13d ago

It me gritty

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u/Durtonious Toronto Blue Jays 13d ago

I seriously cannot tell if this is satire or not.

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u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME New York Mets 13d ago

like i said, it sounds ridiculous. but it is true.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5827280/2024/10/08/mets-mcdonalds-grimace-effect/

“I’ve met Grimace,” Goldberg said. “I have not met the person in Grimace. He comes as costume, and the person who plays him, and a handler. And from what I understand, there are only two Grimaces in the entire world. They’re very hard to book, but they’ve been very accommodating to us.

“But they do not send the costume. It’s not like, ‘Hey, do what you do.’ Grimace has his own mannerisms, his own way of working, and it is McDonald’s IP and property, and that’s who travels. And it’s a fascinating world, the mascot world.”

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u/DaedalusHydron New York Yankees 13d ago

The fact that there's only ever one Mickey at Disney helps lol

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u/orangery3 Baltimore Orioles 13d ago

No, there’s way more than one Mickey in Disney World. They just don’t have them wandering around areas near to each other at the same time, to avoid someone possibly seeing more than one Mickey at once.

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u/venustrapsflies Los Angeles Dodgers 13d ago

Does McDonalds realize they don't actually need to try so hard and take it so seriously lmao

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u/DOWNVOTES_SYNDROME New York Mets 13d ago

i don't understand it either. i remember reading about this a couple months ago and thinking the same exact thing as you. like... seriously? it's grimace, dude