i have a few of these from 73 and 88 as well. special, still
#blamenoone

Its not Duaner’s fault he got into a taxi acceident, its Heilman’s fault for giving up that home run, and Willie Randolph’s fault for putting in your worst reliever in Game 7 of the NLCS. I honestly and truly feel that if any other Met was pitching that inning then the Mets would have gone on to win the World Series. Heilman blew so many saves in his Mets career and he always choked in the most important situations. I honestly feel like Heilman single handedly screwed us from winning that World Series and for that reason Heilman is probably my most hated Met in history.

i completely agree. this moment was the pinnacle. and regardless of outcome it is clearly still remembered as an all-time great moment. but that’s what is so tragic about it to me.

even in defeat it went down in history, so imagine what kind of cache that play would have right now if we had won that game? and then the world series? it would be jeter vs. jeremy giambi, dave roberts’ stolen base, aaron boone’s shot. except better than all of those because in a vacuum it’s one of the single greatest catches i’ve ever seen. it would BE the commercial. i don’t feel it’s hyperbole to say that it might have gone down as the greatest single play in postseason history. and now it’s a footnote. that’s tragic to me.

and the fact that this commercial recognizes it but only in a 1.5 second cut surrounded by extended cuts of jeter’s play and roberts play sums that up perfectly. it’s too great to forget but it could and should have so much more meaning in terms of the history of the game.