“Why are the Mets having a gala?”

The New York Mets baseball team has nothing to do with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual “Met Gala,” but there are jokes.
 
Wikipedia: Met Gala
The Met Gala, formally called the Costume Institute Benefit, is the annual haute couture fundraising festival held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in Manhattan. The Met Gala is popularly regarded as the world’s most prestigious and glamorous fashion event. Attendees are given the opportunity to express themselves through fashion, often producing elaborate and highly publicized outfits inspired by the evening’s theme and broader cultural context. The event is known as “fashion’s biggest night”, where “haute couture intersects with history to create the ultimate cultural moment – all in the name of art”; an invitation is highly sought after.
 
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Mitch Posner
@flip_posner
Whoa!  I didn’t think the Mets had time for a gala in the middle of baseball season!
10:43 AM · May 1, 2023
 
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Noah
@noahsolo
The Mets have a doubleheader in queens and a gala in Manhattan today. I know they get paid well but that’s an absurd amount of work for one day
11:00 AM · May 1, 2023
 
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InvictvsNox.bsky.social
@InvictvsNox
I thought everyone hated the Mets, why are they holding a gala??
1:24 PM · May 1, 2023
 
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Augusta GreenJackets
@GreenJackets
Met Gala? Why would anyone go to a gala to watch the Mets
6:49 PM · May 1, 2023
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Schmidt
@amoreschmidt
Pretty cool that New York is having a gala to celebrate the Mets.
6:56 PM · May 1, 2023
 
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Melisiculous Braves Battle-Ax
@tigtogiba34
Why are the Mets having a gala?
8:20 PM · May 6, 2024
 
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Bob Golen
@BobGolen
The Mets are doing well, but do they deserve a gala?
7:51 AM · May 1, 2025