Exclusive | NY Mets Hotties account features on-fire female fans but Yankees Bronx Bombshells are camera shy
The Mets are on fire — and so are their female fans.The New York Mets Hotties Instagram account boasts a roster of women posing in team gear — and hopefully serving as good luck charms for the Amazins as they face the Phillies in the NLDS.Bronx bombshells, on the other hand, seem to be camera shy.While a New York Yankee Hotties Instagram handle exists, there are no photos on the page and the account has not replied to messages.Lexie Di Chellis, the face of the Mets page, will be flying to New York on Monday — just in time for Tuesday’s game at CitiField.“I have never experienced a Mets playoff game in person before and I couldn’t miss the chance.
I truly don’t think I’ve ever been so excited in my life,” she told The Post.Di Chellis, 29, grew up in Paterson, N.J.and is now based in Los Angeles.
She became became the main photo on the page after she posted an Instagram reel of herself in a Mets jersey in January 2003, listing her hopes for the new year.“My number one wish was for a Mets World Series,” she explained.
” A few Mets fans who already followed me tagged the account and next thing I knew, I was not only featured on the page, but was made the profile picture too.”Di Chellis works as a bartender at a sports bar in LA “that just so happens to get a lot of attention from Philadelphia sports fans.”“They’re awesome people, but nothing would please me more than the Mets eliminating the Phillies in the NLDS.I even have my coworkers rocking my Mets gear for some good luck,” she said.When Pete Alonso hit a dramatic homerun in the ninth inning of Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series Thursday night, Di Chellis was alone in her apartment.“My friends tried to get me to watch at a bar, but I can’t watch potential Mets elimination games in public for the safety of myself and opposing fans,” she joked.The handle, @metshotties, which has close to 10,000 followers, is run by a New Jersey native with a marketing background, who lau...