There’s a lot for Mets fans to be excited about these days. “Whenever we release McNeil products, the fans get very excited,” said Davino. This bobblehead will certainly be a sought-after item for Mets fans. There is a big smile on McNeil’s face and the knob of the bat is just touching the palm of his right hand to recreate the Opening Day bat flip. The bobblehead heat features McNeil on a circular base with the Mets’ “NY” logo to the left of his name.
“We have worked back and forth with Jeff to make sure we captured this moment correctly,” said Davino. McNeil was very involved in the design of the bobblehead from the artwork to the clay mold to the painted images. And then, as soon as it left the bat, I knew it and just to hear the crowd erupt again was pretty incredible. “Definitely one of my biggest moments as a Met right there,” said McNeil. How could it get any more exciting that a game-tying home run in the 9 th inning on your birthday with a bat flip? “We discussed making a bobblehead of him during the season based on an exciting moment or play.”
“Jeff is a FOCO ambassador and we have been working with him since spring training,” said Anthony Davino, Affiliate Marketing Manager for FOCO. That magical moment has now been captured on a new Jeff McNeil bobblehead from FOCO. “Never bat-flipped before,” said McNeil after the game.
He drilled the game-tying home run on his 29 th birthday…and he celebrated with an epic bat flip. The Mets welcomed 8,492 fans (20 percent of capacity) to Flushing for the home opener against the Miami Marlins and they were treated to a thrilling 3-2 win improving the Mets’ all-time Opening Day record to 40-21.Īnd it was an even sweeter day for Mets third baseman Jeff McNeil who was 0 for 10 to start the season and 0 for 17 dating back to the 2020 campaign when he stepped to the plate leading off the 9 th inning. Because of the pandemic, fans were not allowed at games in 2020, but New York State guidelines were relaxed in time for Opening Day. It was Opening Day for the 2021 baseball season and for the first time since 2019, there were fans at Citi Field for the first time since 2019. This past April 8 th was a special day for the Mets and their fans for a few reasons.
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