The Mets issued a public apology Wednesday night after Mr. Met was caught on video giving the finger to a fan. The incident joins a long list of Amazin’ly humiliating moments in Mets history. Here are some of the more notable incidents:
— In May 1975, Cleon Jones gets arrested in St. Petersburg, Fla., at 5:30 a.m. sleeping naked in a station wagon with a nude woman asleep beside him. Both are charged with indecent exposure, and the out-of-work waitress also is charged with possession of a marijuana cigarette and possessing narcotics implements.
— During their World Series-winning 1986 season, Tim Teufel, Ron Darling, Bobby Ojeda and Rick Aguilera get into a altercation with Houston police at 2 a.m. outside Cooter’s bar and spent 11 hours in a holding cell. Teufel and Darling are charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, a third-degree felony.
— The Mets can’t even get through team picture day on March 2, 1989, without a fight in front of reporters and TV cameras. Darryl Strawberry jaws at Keith Hernandez and takes a swing that grazed his face, Ojeda and Dwight Gooden hold him back while Gary Carter and Randy Myers restrains Hernandez.
— On July 25, 1993, Vince Coleman lights a firecracker in Eric Davis’ Jeep and tosses it into a crowd of fans waiting for autographs at Dodger Stadium. Three children — including a 2-year-old — are injured and Coleman is charged with endangerment, getting sentenced to 200 hours of community service.
Two days later, Bret Saberhagen puts bleach in a water gun and sprays it at reporters who are trying to interview Dwight Gooden. The same night, Saberhagen admits he had set off a pack of firecrackers near reporters in the clubhouse that June.
Bobby BonillaDan Halasy— Bobby Bonilla threatens to beat up a beat writer in the middle of the clubhouse in April 1993, then shouts, “I’ll show you The Bronx right here, motherf—–.” Bonilla also threatens TV reporter Art McFarland in a separate incident, telling him to “shove that mic as far up your [butt] as you can stick it.”
— Bobby Valentine’s disguise isn’t as embarrassing as it is comedic. After being tossed from a June 9, 1999, game in the 12th inning, the manager returns to the dugout wearing shades and a fake mustache.
— In a public-relations nightmare, the Mets fire Willie Randolph via press release at 3:14 a.m. on June 18, 2008, two hours after a victory over the Angels in Anaheim.
— Francisco Rodriguez beats up his father-in-law at Citi Field in August 2010, then erupts at reporters after the game. He eventually is arrested.
— On May 5 of this year, the Mets tweet out a picture of T.J. Rivera, with a sex toy clearly visible behind him inside Kevin Plawecki’s locker.




