We’re getting down to the nitty gritty Mets fans. Epic Mets Moments is down to its final eight and only you, our loyal readers, can bring us to a Final Four.
Voting has still been lop-sided with only one of the Sweet 16 results on the close side. Robin Ventura‘s Grand Slam single edged out Endy Chavez‘s remarkable catch 54.7% to 45.3%. Otherwise, the victors all had nearly 70% of your vote or more.
To recap, the 1969 World Series championship team with 78.3% topped “Ya Gotta Believe”. Tommie Agee‘s remarkable game 3 of the ’69 World Series easily topped the Black Cat game 76.3% to 23.7%.
‘Ball gets by Buckner’ easily dispatched the Keith Hernandez trade with nearly 92% of the vote. By nearly the same margin, the 1986 World Championship topped the NLCS game 6 thriller.
Mike Piazza, with 83.1% of the tally, defeated his trade from the Miami Marlins. Johann Santana’s no-hitter easily dispatched Daniel Murphy‘s NLCS MVP and in perhaps a surprise vote, Jacob deGrom‘s two Cy Young Awards easily outpaces Pete Alonso‘s 53 home runs in 2019. De Grom received almost 69% of the vote in a contest that some thought would be a lot closer.
As you can see from the full bracket above, the next round promises to be tighter as there are some excellent match-ups. How can you distinguish between Buckner and the 1986 World Championship or Santana’s no-hitter versus deGrom’s prolonged excellence. But you will decide and the results will be listed here.
One more item: the team that put together Epic Mets Moments is acutely aware that a baseball season will start soon and that many have their mind focused on that. But if you can take a moment of your time, and vote, and then tell your friends to vote, it would be much appreciated.
We have the best Mets fans in the world on this site, and your opinions are invaluable to us. What is the Greatest (or better, most epic) moment in Mets history? Tell us. We have our opinions. This project was designed to discover yours.
