Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
The Mets may not be sitting on top of many statistical categories at the moment, but their clubhouse manager, Kevin Kierst, leads the major leagues in one area: eclectic collections.
From his days in the minors, he keeps what he calls “a library of broken bats.” There are the 561 bobbleheads in his Citi Field office, including one of himself in a hockey referee’s uniform that was gifted to him by friends for his 50th birthday. In a drawer, he stores an extra head wrapped in plastic, just in case.
There is also a horde of Minions, the yellow, goggled stars of the “Despicable Me” franchise.