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by Eric Simon on Dec 20, 2006 11:07 PM EST

Tribute video to Mike Piazza before his last game as a Met. I remember quite vividly so many of those swings. To this point, almost certainly the best offensive player in the history of the franchise.

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Great Vid

I remember many of those swings as well.

I remember when we traded for Piazza, I was upset because it meant my favorite player (Todd Hundley) was on his way out. I also hated Piazza in his Dodger days because he was just so damn good...but he grew on me REAL fast. One of the greatest hitters of our generation, and one of the great Mets. The way his arrival coincided with our return to respectability and competitiveness in the 90's I'll never forget.

Damn I miss Mikey. :(

by Mikeybags84 on Dec 21, 2006 1:40 AM EST reply actions

Ah the good old days

I'm not gonna lie, I got a little choked up watching that again. I also enjoyed the clip of him throwing out the only baserunner he gunned down at 2nd base in his time in NY.

"You know I am only teasing. I love you gals out there -- always have." - Keith Hernandez

by OSUmets on Dec 21, 2006 11:46 AM EST reply actions

Piazza's Last Game as a Met

I saw this video at Shea. The night before his last game as a a Met I was drinking until 8 in the morning at my cousin's bachelor party. I dragged myself out of bed a couple of hours later because I wanted to see the great Mike Piazza one last time as a Met. The tribute was really nice. If I remember correctly, they did it during the game in between innnings. All of the Colorado bullpen pitchers came out onto the field to watch it.

I also remeber where I was when the Mets acquired Piazza. I was at Jacobs Field for an Indian - Blue Jay game and they announced it over the PA. The people in Cleveland had a hard time figuring out why I was yelling like a wacko.

by Shomov on Dec 21, 2006 2:13 PM EST reply actions

yeah

I remember where I was when they acquired him as well. I was 13 or 14, and it was late one evening after I had spent the whole day at our pool. I was about to go out onto the porch where my dad was grilling some food, and saw on ESPN's bottom line "Florida Marlins trade C Mike Piazza to" and I kept on out..then I realized what I read so I ran back in and missed it...then 2-3 minutes later they started talking about the trade on baseball tonight or whatever show was on, and I couldn't believe it.

by Mikeybags84 on Dec 21, 2006 9:51 PM EST up reply actions

I remember, too...

My memory of hearing about the trade is weird. I was at work at my first real job out of college, in downtown Denver. For some reason, I had to walk to where my GF (at the time) was working to go somewhere.

I was done for the day and made a last check on ESPN.com to check the latest news and I sat the headline:

"Big Apple" (or something like that)

And my eyes read that Piazza was a Met and I suddenly felt the blood rushing through my body with excitement.

I practically ran the 10 blocks to where my GF was and was soooooooooooooooooo in a good mood. My brain was racing.

Great trade. Though, watching the video seems like eons ago. Has it really been just a year since we had him? Wow.

Will he retire as a Met or Dodger? Interesting question.

"Trachsel. Must. Go."

by ZaBlanc on Dec 22, 2006 1:36 AM EST reply actions

The bigger momement for me is when he signed

To stay, I was in my Junior year at school. I was taking smack from all the Yankee fans who were saying he was leaving and we would get nothing for all those prospects, when he signed the contract I printed the ESPN article and taped it to their room doors.

its a ground ball...trickling... its a fair ball, its by Buckner, rounding third Knight, the Mets will win the ballgame, the Mets win

by DoctorK16 on Dec 26, 2006 8:35 PM EST reply actions