After that Sunday night in Philly they began connecting the significance of their upcoming home game to that of the emotional impact of when baseball returned to the city after 9/11. I think Mookie Wilson put it into proper perspective when asked by Kevin Berkhardt to compare the two. He said there was none and the only thought was preparing for that next contest. What they should have concentrated on was the impact the news had on the players that night while in the dugout and thoughts of 9/11. But the Mets via SNY tried milking it for the upcoming home stand instead which was a shameless act of using the event for their own advantage.

But what was even more shameful was ordering players not to wear those special hats to honor the first responders, police and fire department due to MLB’s contract with Nike. Throughout the country, it was agreed New York City’s ceremonies would be the most poinent and I doubt MLB or Nike would have taken issue due to the bad publicity it would have created. But instead the Wilpons claimed they were following the directive of the Commissioner’s office and the uniform dress code and would be subject to a massive fine if violated. It got to the point to where the front office telephoned David Wright in the dugout and ordered him to remove the cap he was wearing when not on the field. All this did was anger the fans and damper the otherwise highly respectable pre-game ceremonies and create a black eye for MLB.

The night OBL was killed harkened me back to that first game after 911!

The Mets started off the healing in 2001 and were part of the national TV game when the closure of those events in history were finally realized! My only regret was that I had to switch channels during commercials to check the news while the game was still on! LOL

Izzy was our second best story as far as I’m concerned. Former Met coming home to finish out and doing so by making one last stab at making history. Storybook stuff!
Only way it could have been better is if we had played in a WS with him as our closer!

I would have put Reyes winning the Batting Title next, too bad that he won’t be here any longer! Guess we know why he was our First batting Champ now! Will probably be our last for a very long time unless Murphy finds a spot to play!

I would put the Beltran and capuano as the last two. The Capuano game was a great effort but I was kind of reminded of all those Late game useless Kingman HRs that were great for a moment until you realized just how insignificant it was to the bigger picture and end results!

Personally I would have replaced the Capuano game with the near no hitter from Dickey against the Phillies!

The worst part of the season was when they traded Beltran – It was just awful. The team was fighting to stay alive, and they gave up on the season by trading their best hitter. It was so disapointing to see the team still alive to just give up like that – That was the worst moment of the year.

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16384849

I’m not convinced this year’s team will be ‘fun to watch’ as it’s likely we struggle to stay out of last place but here’s to looking forward to the start of the climb back up.