New York Mets fans really are mad at Tom Brady for reasons that have nothing to do with football.
Mets fans plan to protest the New England Patriots quarterback’s reported request to trademark “Tom Terrific” on Tuesday by creating one of the most banal spectacles imaginable.
Brady stoked the fans’ ire because the “Tom Terrific” moniker has long been used to describe legendary Mets pitcher Tom Seaver.
Fans plan to gather at Manhattan’s Sojourn restaurant at 5 p.m. ET and toss Brady memorabilia into garbage bags full of beans in what they’re calling the “Boston T.B. Party,” according to SNY’s John Healy. Sojourn will give Mets fans who attend the “Boston T.B. Party” free food and beer, and former Mets utility man Art Shamsky will speak to the crowd about Seaver’s legacy.
The timing of Brady’s reported trademark request also rankled Mets fans, as Seaver is battling dementia and retired from the public eye earlier this year. Boomer Esiason, a former NFL quarterback now working as an analyst and TV/radio personality, even ripped Brady’s trademark effort as “sleazy”, basing his disgust on his longtime admiration for the Hall of Fame pitcher.
No one will question Mets fans’ love for Seaver, but surely they can think of a better way to protest Brady than this, right?
