Karl Ehrhardt: The Mets Sign Man

It is appropriate on the Mets new Banner Day to pay tribute to the legendary Mets sign man, Karl Ehrhardt. What Met fan of a certain age does not remember the 1200 different signs that Ehrhardt created (he brought an average of sixty to every game). It was one of the great traditions of Shea Stadium to watch Ehrhardt do his magic during each Met game. Besides his wit, he didn't mind taking shots at the team as well. He passed away in 2008 at the age of 83.

As a tribute to him and because it is banner day at Citi Field, here are some of his all-time great signs:

"Look Ma, no Hands." (after Met Shortstop Frank Taveres would make an error)
Grant's Tomb (on the bad years of the Mets under M. Donald Grant)
Bye Bye Birdies (after Mets beat the Orioles in '69 World Series)
The King of Swings (on the Mets Dave Kingman)
Amazin
It's Alive, It's Alive (mimicking the Frankenstein monster, when a weak player got a hit)
There are no Words (after Game 5 of the 1969 World Series)
Nailed by the (picture of a Hammer)--This was a tribute to the Mets first baseman, John 'The  Hammer' Milner
Toothless Cubs Just A Little Lip (on the Cubs falling apart in 1969 under manager Leo 'The Lip' Durocher)

This is the only video I could find of The Sign Man. It features Tom Seaver's return to Shea as a Red (shows Ehrhardt holding a sign saying 'We Came to Bury Seaver').