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Read: Reyes watches 2006 NLCS Game 7

by Matthew Cerrone on April 1st, 2009 at 8:43 am

In a post to Newsday, Jim Baumbach points out that Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS was on in the Mets clubhouse yesterday, coincidentally, as it was being aired on the MLB Network.

According to Baumbach, “Jose Reyes sat silent at his locker, watching intently, pitch by pitch.  David Wright was there for the eighth inning and left, bat in hand, but he returned in time for the final out. John Maine sat at his locker throughout the final innings, as did Oliver Perez. J.J. Putz watched, as well.”

In a follow-up post to Newsday, Baumbach talked to Reyes, and explains why, according to the player, “watching the game motivated him for this upcoming season even more.”

first off, nice work, jim… second, this is awesome… i love the image of jose staring at that screen, his mind racing, wondering what could have been… because, you and i have those thoughts all of the time