"Grimace is our God," jokes Amanda. This giant aubergine-coloured mascot, whose species is unknown, has seemingly transformed the fortunes of the New York Mets and their fans are lapping it up ...

Grimace, the large purple cartoon character created by McDonald's, had his likeness plastered on some of the 7 line trains in ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Introducing the ultimate baseball fan all the way from McDonald Land, please welcome the one, the only Grimace. SIMON: Yep. Grimace ...

Grimace. The famous McDonald’s advertising mascot has won the hearts of Mets fans since he threw out the first pitch at a June game and the team’s early season bad fortune quickly turned around.