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Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

Mets Clinch N.L. East, 2006

0 votes

Santana Keeps Mets Alive, 2008

3 votes

Anderson's Inside-the-Parker, 2005

0 votes

Doubles on Parade, 2000 NLCS

0 votes

Hampton Wins Pennant, 2000 NLCS

1 votes

Jones's 1-Hitter, 2000 NLDS

3 votes

Chavez's Catch, 2006 NLCS

1 votes

Agbayani's Walkoff Homer, 2000 NLDS

3 votes

Piazza's Post-9/11 Homer, 2001

8 votes

Mets' Ten-Run Inning Comeback, 2000

4 votes

G-Fafif Jan 02 2010 06:57 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 02 2010 10:29 PM

I know, the 2000s are so last decade, but I've been requested by the vacationing Metirish, to complete the survey. So here are the Top 10 from the Top 25 poll. 1) - Mets clinch NL East - Various Mets parade around with booze and cigars - 09/18/2006 2) - Santana's gem from 2008 that temporarily saved the season (actually put off the inevitable) - 09/27/2008 3) - Marlon Anderson's inside-the-park homer - as remembered on the UMDB.....lets not forget Floyd 1 out in the bottom of the 9th at Shea and the Angels have electric Francisco Rodriguez closing. Anderson, pinch hitting, drives one just shy of the track in right center, with RF Vladimir Guerrero running towards center and CF Steve Finley sliding while running toward RF to make the catch; he can't and it bounces off his leg and rolls into a vacant RF; he gets up and tracks the ball down, all the while Anderson is busting it around the basepaths, and despite a perfect relay throw, Anderson just beats the throw home to tie the game at 2. His face slammed into the catcher; he's there laying in pain, but when he gets up, oh what an ovation. And the capper: Cliff Floyd hit a 3-run walkoff homer in the 10th. - 06/11/2005 4) - - Game 4 of the 2000 NLCS, 10/15/2000 - Mets are down 2 and rally big for the win Perez 2B Alfonzo 2B Piazza 2B Ventura 2B Zeile groundout Agbayani 2B and the Mets are up 4-2. 5) - Hampton 3-hit shutout and the Mets clinch their only pennant of the '00s - NLCS - Game 5 - 10/16/2000 6) - Bobby Jones - 10/08/00-NLDS - Game 4 versus the Giants , Jones one hits the Giants. 7) - Endy Chavez - "The Catch" - Game 7, 2006 NLCS - 10/19/06 8) - Benny Agbayani's game-winning homer in the 2000 NLDS.- 10/07/2000 9) - Piazza in the first baseball game played in New York after September 11. - 09/21/2001 10) - Mets score 10 runs in the 8th to beat Atlanta 11-8 - 06/30/2000

themetfairy Jan 02 2010 07:43 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

10. the 10-run game against the hated Braves in front of a packed Fireworks Night Shea crowd was iconic.

seawolf17 Jan 02 2010 08:04 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

Bobby Jones. Homegrown boy on the big stage.

Willets Point Jan 02 2010 08:14 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

The first game in NYC after Sept. 11th packed an emotional wallop so I voted for that but my runner up is the Bobby Jones 1-hitter for pure baseball accomplishment.

Fman99 Jan 02 2010 08:16 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

Picked the one game from this list that I attended, the Johan game #161 (choice 2). Most memorable to me because I was there to experience it.

HahnSolo Jan 02 2010 08:31 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

I'm with Metfairy. The ten run comeback still gives me douche chills when I think about it.

Ashie62 Jan 02 2010 09:10 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

Agabayani..I was there

Willets Point Jan 02 2010 09:38 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

The only game on this list I attended was Game 4 of the 2000 NLCS, still my only postseason game.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 02 2010 09:47 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

I voted the Piazza game. Mets and Braves, sadness and happiness, crying and cheering. Not a game that meant anything, but a game that meant a lot. Unforgettable.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 02 2010 10:28 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

[quote="Willets Point":1yjbru9v]The only game on this list I attended was Game 4 of the 2000 NLCS, still my only postseason game.[/quote:1yjbru9v] That's 'cause you're too busy reading.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 03 2010 05:46 AM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

Agbayani. If it had made the finals, I might have voted instead for the J.T. Snow game from that same series. 2006 Game 7 rounds out my top three.

metirish Jan 03 2010 06:27 AM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

Great list. I voted the Piazza 9/11 game.....could have gone with the big comeback against the Braves....really they are all great though. Greg, thanks a bunch for pinch hitting, us fans can only hope the Mets have as big a bat off the bench this coming season.

G-Fafif Jan 03 2010 09:10 AM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

To make this as difficult a choice as it deserves to be: You gotta vote for the clinching of the N.L. East, a singular Met event in the 2000s. Such an eruption of exultation at Shea, 18 years in the making. What a wonderful night. You gotta vote for Johan's gem. Such a clutch performance at such a clutch time, one great player doing all he can to ward off a franchise's demons in its ballparks dying days. What a wonderful day. You gotta vote for the Marlon Anderson game. How excellent and improbable the whole evening was, and what a breath-holding play the game turned on from such an unlikely source. What a wonderful night. You gotta vote for Game Four of the 2000 NLCS. All those doubles. It was like an attack on St. Louis. Shea set a record for shaking that night. No way we would be denied the flag. What a wonderful night. You gotta vote for the winning of the pennant in 2000. It's the only pennant won, and it was won in such dominant fashion in every phase of the game. We were elevated as we hadn't been elevated in 14 years. What a wonderful night. You gotta vote for Bobby Jones' 1-hitter. Bob Murphy himself called it the greatest pitching performance the Mets ever had. Homegrown Met who had struggled so was never better. And he clinched an NLDS. What a wonderul day and night. You gotta vote for the Endy catch. The mere fact that it transcends the final outcome of that game and series, how it remains iconic for catch made over the wall...and how you felt when he caught it. What a wonderful moment. You gotta vote for the Benny homer. Talk about perseverance, his and ours. We grew colder, he set us all aflame. We showed the Giants what for with that swing, that we would not be denied. Such love in the Upper Deck. What a wonderful day and night. You gotta vote for Piazza in September 2001. Meant so much to so many. Speaks to baseball's power to distract and maybe heal just a little. Speaks to Mike's power, too. What a wonderful night. You gotta vote for the ten-run inning. Everything was perfect: a huge comeback against our bitter rivals, our biggest players, Alfonzo and Piazza, driving in five runs after Brave pitching walked in so many others...redemption! And fireworks! What a wonderful night. None of these are bad choices.

Valadius Jan 03 2010 10:10 AM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

I voted for the ten-run-inning... for now. I remember listening to the game on the radio while away at summer camp, I'll never forget it. It's funny though, I don't find the NL East-clinching game memorable at all, only Lastings Milledge afterwards.

metsmarathon Jan 03 2010 04:51 PM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

my top three are endy, the clincher in 2000, and piazza in september. i voted for endy, but its a real tight toss-up

Edgy DC Jan 03 2010 05:00 PM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

Funny. I could be wrong, but I imagine a similar poll on the nineties would overwhelmingly crown the GSS game.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 03 2010 05:33 PM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

And I think the Todd Pratt game would be a solid second.

seawolf17 Jan 03 2010 05:50 PM Re: Pick The Best Game of the Noughties

[quote="Willets Point":3kirg7nf]The only game on this list I attended was Game 4 of the 2000 NLCS, still my only postseason game.[/quote:3kirg7nf] Same here, and same here.

Edgy DC Jan 03 2010 06:47 PM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2z3oojn0]And I think the Todd Pratt game would be a solid second.[/quote:2z3oojn0] OK, yeah, there may be some competition after all.

G-Fafif Jan 07 2010 11:44 AM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

Polls close tonight, just as "30 Rock" rolls the credits. Vote if you haven't yet.

G-Fafif Jan 07 2010 09:00 PM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties

And we have a winner: 9/21/01, Piazza, after September 11, one unforgettable swing. Memorable, indeed. Runnerup: The ten-run inning, 6/30/00. That Mike fellow also heavily involved.

Edgy DC Jan 07 2010 09:08 PM Re: Pick The Most Memorable Game of the Noughties