I, a Mets fan, remember crying and screaming after the final out was made in this game (the Brewers also won their game 162 earlier before the Mets game ended so it was concluded that the Mets were disqualified from making the postseason). I mean to collapse in the second half of September for the second consecutive season, to lose game 162 at Shea to the Marlins for the second consecutive season. MY GOSH To close out Shea Stadium this way, it was just brutal. I remembered that the post-game-ceremonies for Shea Stadium went from possibly feeling like a festivity and celebration of Shea Stadium to then feeling like a funeral of Shea Stadium. What made this more brutal for the Mets was that it was the third consecutive season that the Mets season ended in heartbreak fashion, all at Shea Stadium = 2006 game 7 of the NLCS against the Cards, 2007-2008 game 162 against the Marlins both times. Going into the 2009 season, I was just numb that I didnt even care for the new Citi Field Mets Stadium nor I ever cared for that 2009 team as the season started, nor did I even care as they were playing winning baseball in the first 2-3 months of the season before their 2009 season started to go downhill due to all those tons of injuries. I didnt recover from this post-2008-season-down-feeling until the 2010 season was here
@EvanEscher
24 күн бұрын
We love hearing your Mets fandom stories
@Freshhotwater
23 күн бұрын
The 2008 mets didn’t collapse. Thats the biggest misunderstanding lol. The 2008 mets were dead in the water in june, and had a huge comeback in the 2nd half of the season. Went 3-4 their last 7 games as the “collapse” you misremembered
@hmhm856
23 күн бұрын
@@Freshhotwater I guess it was a mini-collapse in 2008. I view it from the September point of view Mets were 4 games up in the loss column over the Phillies with the Mets having 17 games left. And not once did they have to face the Phillies in the final 17 games. And 10 of those final 17 games were against the Nationals (who lost 100 games) and the Braves (who lost 90 games). Mets went 4-6 in those 10 games against them. And cant forget that brutal loss to the Cubs on September 24. Also, the Mets in 2008 were never dead in the water; they were struggling alot in the first half, but its not like the Marlins and Phillies took advantage of that and that allowed the Mets to always be close to both of them once the Mets started to get redhot starting in July I guess also this 2008 mini-collapse was magnified because of the 2007 collapse being recent of course. If the 2007 Mets didnt have a collapse, then 2008 wouldnt have been considered a collapse and just a mini-fold.
@EvanEscher
22 күн бұрын
@@Freshhotwater compared to 2007, it was not as big of a collapse. Although they did go 3-6 in their final 9, and were unable to take full advantage of a Brewers team that went through a 4-15 stretch.
@cbod14
24 күн бұрын
The Marlins, for the second consecutive year, ruin The Mets season. Amazin.
@MrJmb1996
24 күн бұрын
It was fitting that the last out at Shea Stadium was made by a player with the last name Church since the closing ceremony felt like a church funeral.
@andrewsheehy9938
24 күн бұрын
2008 marks the first time since 1993 (1994 Strike Excluded) that the New York Yankees won't be taking part in the Playoffs. It's also the first time since 1990 that the Major League Baseball Playoffs won't feature one of the New York Yankees or Atlanta Braves.
@mannyslifevlogs6539
25 күн бұрын
(Brewers/FSN Wisconsin) 10:00 Brian Anderson: And There's A Drive Into Left Field. This Is Hit Well... AND IT'S GOOOOOONE!!! RYAN BRAUN!!! 2-RUN HOME RUN!!! THE BREWERS TAKE THE LEAD!!! 10:26 Brian Anderson: On The Ground. Chance Here. Durham to Hardy to 1st... IN TIME!!! Bill Schroeder: YES!!! Brian Anderson: THE BREWERS WIN!!! Bill Schroeder: YES!!! YES!!! Brian Anderson: SABATHIA!!! A Complete-Game! And The Brewers beat the Cubs 3-1! 11:53 12:09 Craig Coshun: Uh Oh? Long View... Dave Nelson: Yes! Brian Anderson: Here We Go! Bill Schroeder: Look Out, Boys! Craig Coshun: The Brewers Are Going To The Playoffs in 2008! Milwaukee Brewers 2008 Postseason Clinch ⚾🤍💙💛🍻
@EvanEscher
25 күн бұрын
(Brewers 620 AM/WTMJ) Bob Uecker: "Swing and a drive! Left Center Deep! Get up, get outta here, gone! For Ryan Braun! and they've got the lead! Whoa, what a shot by Braun!"
@jacobrichardson1952
25 күн бұрын
Ohh i remember this one
@chrisuncleahmad
24 күн бұрын
Alexei Ramirez: all he does is hit grand slams
@mj97543
24 күн бұрын
Sabathia's Brewers run was legendary.
@hmhm856
23 күн бұрын
Sabathia with the Brewers and Manny with the Dodgers. Given, the difference being that Manny stayed with the Dodgers after 2008 I remembered that many wanted to give the NL Cy Young to Sabathia, and the NL MVP to Manny, despite both being two-month-rentals
@yanivsamih825
23 күн бұрын
He went 11-2 with a 1.65 era in 17 starts. No way the Brewers make the playoffs without him.
@hmhm856
23 күн бұрын
@@yanivsamih825 And 7 complete games, with 3 of them being shutouts. 131 innings overall in those 17 starts. so he was averaging almost 8 innings per start, which is unreal to do in the National League since there is no DH and you switch your pitcher for a pinch hitter later in games, ESPECIALLY in the pitch-count-era, ESPECIALLY post-Mark Prior - Kerry Wood era. And Manny in 53 games had almost 20 home runs, with an almost .400 batting average, an almost .500 OBP , and an almost .750 slugging percentage. He was hitting like Barry Bonds from 2001-2004 Both of these players are going to be free agent after the 2008 season, so they are showing their A-game
@chrisuncleahmad
24 күн бұрын
Ryan Braun does it again
@chrisuncleahmad
24 күн бұрын
If Johan Santana had an A pitching performance on Sunday, CC Sabathia was an A+ on Sunday
@Freshhotwater
23 күн бұрын
Santana threw a shutout while CC threw a cg. Santana was better
@nseifner
22 күн бұрын
JUICED Braun.
@mannyslifevlogs6539
25 күн бұрын
(MLB/Fox Sports) 0:55 Tim McCarver: Ground ball. Up the middle. Great play, Rollins. Utley. The Philadelphia Phillies are the National League Division Champions of the East for the 2nd Straight Year on a brilliant play by Jimmy Rollins. Philadelphia Phillies 2008 NL East Division Champions ⚾♥️🤍💙🔔
@EvanEscher
25 күн бұрын
(Phillies/1210 AM WPHT) Harry Kalas: "The pitch to Zimmerman, ground ball up the middle, J-Roll dives, to Utley 1, relay..." Larry Anderson: "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Kalas: "...double play! The Phillies are the National League Eastern Division champions on a spectacular double play from J-Roll to Utley to Howard! What a play by J-Roll! Oh my word..."
@mannyslifevlogs6539
25 күн бұрын
@@EvanEscher R. I. P. Harry Kalas 💔😥
@StivenBonillaNY
12 күн бұрын
Tim McCarver
@chrisuncleahmad
24 күн бұрын
“Behold the power of cheese!”
@hmhm856
25 күн бұрын
8:44 this was supposed to be Beltrans redeeming moment for his game 7 2006 NLCS strikeout looking moment 11:09 so close to Carlos Delgado perhaps having the biggest homerun in Shea Stadium history
@EvanEscher
24 күн бұрын
Before this, was there ever a make-up game that took place the day after the regular season concluded? I know it ALMOST happened in 2000 and 2006, but does anyone know if it happened in the 20th century at all?
@hmhm856
23 күн бұрын
YES!!!!! And it involved my beloved Mets in the 1973 season Sunday September 30 was the final day of the 1973 regular season. But since my Mets had only played 160 games of the 162 games schedule after Sunday September 30, my Mets were now scheduled to play a doubleheader on Monday October 01, in Wrigley Field against the Cubs Pirates and Cardinals were behind the Mets in the NL East division standings and were watching that doubleheader closely hoping that the Mets would lose both games, so we could have finished with a 3-team-tie after Monday October 01 if the Mets lost both games of the doubleheader. Mets had to lose both games on Monday October 01, for there to be a game 163-164-165 between Cardinals-Mets-Pirates to decide the NL East But my Mets won the first game against the Cubs, and with that victory, the Mets won the NL East division, and no game 163 was needed. Mets-Cubs didnt play the second game of the doubleheader since it was not needed anymore and it was a rainy day in Wrigley and the field condition was horrible. The game started at 11 AM Illinois time (remember, Wrigley didnt have lights back then, so doubleheaders had to start early), and only like 2,000 people showed up to see the game. Mets won the NL East division with a record of 82-79 My Mets went on to beat the 100-win-Big-Red-Machine in the NLCS, and then my Mets almost won the World Series against the Reggie Jackson hitting Athletics. So close to two World Series titles in 1969 and 1973
@EvanEscher
22 күн бұрын
@@hmhm856 So that means both times it happened it was in the City of Chicago. I just looked up the 1973 situation--the Pirates also hosted the Padres in a makeup game that Monday as well (since there was still a chance that the Buccos could tie the Mets).
@hmhm856
22 күн бұрын
@@EvanEscher oh wow, youre right, both times the two Chicago teams were involved And the Pirates game started at 2 PM. So when the game started, the Mets had already won and clinched the division. So the Pirates were probably resting their regulars once the game started
@chrisuncleahmad
24 күн бұрын
Twins…… what are you doing? How do you sweep the White Sox only to lose a series to THE ROYALS?!
@EvanEscher
24 күн бұрын
The Sox and Twins each tried to give each other the division down the stretch.
@mj97543
24 күн бұрын
What are the odds of the Marlins beating the Mets in game 162 and eliminating them from the playoffs in back to back years? 😅
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