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Edgy DC Dec 14 2006 07:43 AM

David Wright dons the suit. Check out the unamused Gretchen Randolph in the background keeping the watch out for unwelcome sexy Santa helpers. David Wright and Heath the Bell:

Benjamin Grimm Dec 14 2006 07:53 AM

Here's what confuses me about all this. Don't some of the kids visiting still believe in Santa? Do they know that this Santa is David Wright? Would they rather see David Wright or the real Santa Claus? I'd think they'd want to see both! I'd think they'd be better off with somebody over 60 playing Santa, and David Wright alongside him, greeting the kids. Anyway, I know John Franco was Santa for many years, but who have the post-Franco Santas been? Who filled the role between Franco and Benson? Did Mike Cameron ever do it?

sharpie Dec 14 2006 07:56 AM

Yes, Mike Cameron did it between Franco and Benson. Franco was at the party yesterday. He should still be Santa. He's not doing anything else and that way the kids could meet David Wright and Santa.

metsmarathon Dec 14 2006 08:04 AM

julio franco would play santa, but he's too old.

Johnny Dickshot Dec 14 2006 08:18 AM

Great gallery of Klassik Met Santa shots at Rubin's blog (plus juicy Anna Benson news -- Mets Lose World Series Cuz of Me).

Johnny Dickshot Dec 14 2006 08:23 AM

Camerclaus, 2004 Benny Claus, 1999 Franco Claus, 1997 Mazzilliclaus, 1988 St. Valenclaus, 1983 Torreclaus, 1978

Edgy DC Dec 14 2006 08:27 AM

Link me.

sharpie Dec 14 2006 08:31 AM

Color photographs appear to have been invented sometime between 1988 and 1997.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 14 2006 08:44 AM

If the pictures were being taken for newspapers they would have taken them in black and white because the papers weren't printing color photos back then, except maybe on the front or back cover. I remember when Newsday first switched to color film they had a problem printing those color photos in black and white. (I don't remember or understand the reason for the problem. I just remember Mets caps looking "reversed." The orange NY insignia looked darker than the blue of the cap.)

soupcan Dec 14 2006 08:46 AM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: (I don't remember or understand the reason for the problem. I just remember Mets caps looking "reversed." The orange NY insignia looked darker than the blue of the cap.) I remember that. Thought it was pretty cool looking.

holychicken Dec 14 2006 08:52 AM

Torreclause scares me. Right out of a horror movie, I tell ya.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 14 2006 08:56 AM

soupcan wrote: ="Yancy Street Gang"] (I don't remember or understand the reason for the problem. I just remember Mets caps looking "reversed." The orange NY insignia looked darker than the blue of the cap.) I remember that. Thought it was pretty cool looking. The "Mets" script on the jerseys looked reversed too. It looked like the lettering was orange on a blue background.

cooby Dec 14 2006 09:02 AM

Willie's a doll

HahnSolo Dec 14 2006 09:04 AM

Rusty Claus would fit the suit well.

Edgy DC Dec 14 2006 09:10 AM

Mazzilliclaus is a comfort to chldren everywhere.

seawolf17 Dec 14 2006 09:45 AM

Actually, that baby was screaming because Darryl took her cocaine away.

Centerfield Dec 14 2006 10:14 AM

At least he thought it was cocaine. I think he snorted her powdered formula.

cooby Dec 14 2006 03:01 PM

That baby reminds me of the first couple years' worth of my daughter's Santa pictures. (that's Willie's wife?)

Willets Point Dec 14 2006 03:09 PM

I'm surprised we've gotten this far into this thread without seeing Anna Benson's décolletage. We're a tasteful bunch.

cooby Dec 14 2006 03:12 PM

Met Santas and children are always a better picture than she is Remember those Lady Mets Clubs pictures that were in the Mets Yearbooks many years ago? They would do the Christmas parties. I wonder if they are still the ones who do them I always wanted to be in the Lady Mets Club when I was a kid