Ever since he made a splash as “Marlins Man” during last year’s postseason, Fort Lauderdale-based lawyer Laurence Leavy has seemingly been to more Major League Baseball games this season than he has missed.
And you better believe he’ll be at every single one of the games during the upcoming World Series.
Hoping to join him is Michael Marshall. Marshall is a vendor at Citi Field (and at Yankee Stadium, for that matter) who, should the internet comply with one simple request, wants to cheer on his New York Mets as they attempt to win their first World Championship since 1986.
Enter the “get the BEERMAN to the World Series” GoFundMe page.
“(Mike)is one of my closest friends and I felt that after all the disappointing seasons the Mets have had, we as baseball fans, should return the favor to a guy who loves his Mets,” Alan Fan, the guy who set up the online fundraiser. “I felt it was right to at least try and set something up for him.”
So what about Marshall himself? He couldn’t be more excited at the prospect of being sent to Games One and Two of the World Series.
“I feel I have to be there,” Marshall told The Hall. “This year has been magical and it wouldn’t feel right if I didn’t go to Kansas City to watch the Mets win. This year has been cathartic for me…and with every win I feel the ghosts of Shea are put behind me.”
Oh, and if Marshall looks familiar to any of you, you might’ve seen him before. The longtime vendor was part of a Seth Meyers sketch from “Late Night with Seth Meyers” early in the season from Yankee Stadium. You’ll remember Marshall as the vendor who, along with Meyers, was throwing bags of peanuts and, later, turning down the latenight host’s marriage proposal.