Comments on: Video: The Mets, Piazza and 911 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/ Latest Mets News, Links, Rumors and Opinion Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nyj0126 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600760 nyj0126 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:06:34 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600760 The man in between 1:25 and 1:38 should be managing our club next Opening Day. We want special memories again. Even in '01 when we regressed following the pennant, Bobby put fight in us. It was actually 9/11 what stopped the momentum. We were like 3 games back (ironically right there with the Phillies) behind Atlanta. Than we lost a bunch of games. That game does hold a special place in my heart though. You can't watch it without getting goose bumps. As a Mets fan, it makes it all the more special. I know people want to rag on the all-so-clever Steve Phillips. But if not for him, that memory probably doesn't exist. He got us Piazza, Leiter, Hampton, Benitez, Ventura, Zeile and lots of guys who helped provided us special memories. There was something about going to the stadium about a decade ago that made you look up at every point in time. It was because of the leadership. That coming from guys like Bobby V, Mike and Fonzie. The only guy I could truly identify as a Met to symbolize the good of this generation is Wright. I love Beltran, but I see him as so much of a wimp. We need that zest back. Get us Bobby V, Orlando Hudson, Matt Holliday and a couple of good starters (like hometown Jason Marquis) and you never know what can happen. The man in between 1:25 and 1:38 should be managing our club next Opening Day. We want special memories again. Even in ’01 when we regressed following the pennant, Bobby put fight in us. It was actually 9/11 what stopped the momentum. We were like 3 games back (ironically right there with the Phillies) behind Atlanta. Than we lost a bunch of games. That game does hold a special place in my heart though. You can’t watch it without getting goose bumps. As a Mets fan, it makes it all the more special.

I know people want to rag on the all-so-clever Steve Phillips. But if not for him, that memory probably doesn’t exist. He got us Piazza, Leiter, Hampton, Benitez, Ventura, Zeile and lots of guys who helped provided us special memories. There was something about going to the stadium about a decade ago that made you look up at every point in time. It was because of the leadership. That coming from guys like Bobby V, Mike and Fonzie. The only guy I could truly identify as a Met to symbolize the good of this generation is Wright. I love Beltran, but I see him as so much of a wimp. We need that zest back. Get us Bobby V, Orlando Hudson, Matt Holliday and a couple of good starters (like hometown Jason Marquis) and you never know what can happen.

]]> By: steadyeddie http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600679 steadyeddie Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:36:40 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600679 never forget never forget

]]> By: steadyeddie http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600678 steadyeddie Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:35:37 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600678 Watching this beautiful clip on such a sad day made me smile as it always does. When the bagpipes start, I'm as teary as Mike. To answer yesterday's question about what the team is lacking? It came to me watching Mike. The Mets are missing a face of the franchise. Why it's not Wright or Santana, I'm not smart enough to tell you. But it's an important thing that we ain't got right now. Love that Piazza kid! Watching this beautiful clip on such a sad day made me smile as it always does.
When the bagpipes start, I’m as teary as Mike.
To answer yesterday’s question about what the team is lacking? It came to me watching Mike.
The Mets are missing a face of the franchise.
Why it’s not Wright or Santana, I’m not smart enough to tell you. But it’s an important thing that we ain’t got right now.
Love that Piazza kid!

]]> By: jimyager http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600649 jimyager Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:45:13 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600649 The special sucks, it is just a YANKEES are the best team in baseball story. That clip was just about it for the METS part of it. I was dissapointed that they did NOT talk with more METS players and spend a little more time on the PIAZZA HR. To me that was the ultimate baseball moment that I have ever seen. I still get goosebumps when I see it now, it was like the weight had been lifted and after the smoke cleared we where still standing. I wanted to go to that game, but, you could not travel into the city at that time, so, I had to watch on TV. Shame on HBO for turning the special into a YANKEE story. The second best part of the special is watching the D-Back beat the Yankees :} The special sucks, it is just a YANKEES are the best team in baseball story. That clip was just about it for the METS part of it. I was dissapointed that they did NOT talk with more METS players and spend a little more time on the PIAZZA HR. To me that was the ultimate baseball moment that I have ever seen. I still get goosebumps when I see it now, it was like the weight had been lifted and after the smoke cleared we where still standing. I wanted to go to that game, but, you could not travel into the city at that time, so, I had to watch on TV. Shame on HBO for turning the special into a YANKEE story. The second best part of the special is watching the D-Back beat the Yankees :}

]]> By: Patrick http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600643 Patrick Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:50:29 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600643 Piazza's homerun did not propel the Mets to a run though Dave. The run began on the 18th of August with the Mets dead in the water 14 games under .500. From that point on they won 22 I think of 27, the Piazza game being win 21 and the following day being win 22. Then they blew the Sunday game and never really mustered a challenge from there. Piazza’s homerun did not propel the Mets to a run though Dave. The run began on the 18th of August with the Mets dead in the water 14 games under .500.

From that point on they won 22 I think of 27, the Piazza game being win 21 and the following day being win 22. Then they blew the Sunday game and never really mustered a challenge from there.

]]> By: dave27 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600638 dave27 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:34:48 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600638 Love the clip, but the special basically ignored everything else the Mets did that September - their run out of nowhere to pull within 2 games of first - and predictably is really about the Yankees and the curious notion that a 3x defending World Champion was some sort of Cinderella story. I don't mean to sound petty, I just wish there was something out there that added the context of the run Piazza'a homer put the Mets on over the following 2 weeks, and not just the homer in isolation....even if in isolation it was still and incredible moment. Love the clip, but the special basically ignored everything else the Mets did that September – their run out of nowhere to pull within 2 games of first – and predictably is really about the Yankees and the curious notion that a 3x defending World Champion was some sort of Cinderella story.

I don’t mean to sound petty, I just wish there was something out there that added the context of the run Piazza’a homer put the Mets on over the following 2 weeks, and not just the homer in isolation….even if in isolation it was still and incredible moment.

]]> By: starz31 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600637 starz31 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:31:20 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600637 damn, that is special. the stadium must have been rocking when Piazza hit that bomb? damn, that is special. the stadium must have been rocking when Piazza hit that bomb?

]]> By: Hit The Weights Zeile http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600625 Hit The Weights Zeile Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:52:47 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600625 I always get emotional watching any clip of that game. I was in attendance that night, and that game will always have a special place in my heart. I always get emotional watching any clip of that game. I was in attendance that night, and that game will always have a special place in my heart.

]]> By: thedude http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600624 thedude Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:50:51 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600624 What a great moment. Goosebumps every time. What a great moment. Goosebumps every time.

]]> By: starz31 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600618 starz31 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:26:02 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2009/09/11/video-the-mets-piazza-and-911/#comment-600618 Nice job Matt, I loved this moment. The clip might have been better without Liza reprising New York New York and overshawdoing Piazza's curtain call but thats just a baseball fan talking, still a great clip though. Nice job Matt, I loved this moment. The clip might have been better without Liza reprising New York New York and overshawdoing Piazza’s curtain call but thats just a baseball fan talking, still a great clip though.

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