The original Mr. Met, Dan Reilly, entertains Shea Stadium goers on the Shea Express ferry. He was the first to wear the huge baseball head in 1964 and still booms out the old theme song on the ferry loudspeakers. He recalls celebrating with Tug McGraw after Tug outpitched Sandy Koufax in 1965. I never knew any of the big-headed Mr. Mets. The Mets one lame attempt at a mascot during my tenure as a #1 fan was a mule (or was it a donkey?) named “Metal”. Yup. That went over like a load of giant baseball heads.