The MLB season was immediately put on hold following the attacks of Sept. At the time, Mets players and coaches were focused on everything but the game of baseball …. I think I had every gamut of emotion, from being pissed off to sad to being scared, every single possible emotion that you can imagine. I did think initially that playing a baseball game just seemed so irrelevant completely, considering what had just took place and how the world was very fragile and the uncertainty of the next attack.
A lot was just supporting each other and trying to help each other be strong for our community, because we did feel a lot of people at that time were starting to look to us for some sort of leadership or some sort of inspiration or some sort of example of strength. Basically, the word from the White House was that it was paramount for baseball to resume. On Sept.
Following the conclusion of that series, the Mets returned home for a game against the Atlanta Braves on Sept. The game was the first professional sporting event held in New York City since the attacks 10 days earlier …. It was a blow, you know?
This is my city. This is the highest honor an organization can bestow upon a player. I also want to thank Mets fans, who have treated me like family since I arrived in We made a promise to continue celebrating and honoring our tremendous history and this is another deserving step in that direction.
Congratulations, Keith. The Mets acquired Hernandez on June 15, , from St. Louis in exchange for pitchers Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey. Following the trade, Hernandez hit. From through , which marked the end of his Mets career, he posted a. Hernandez, a co-MVP during his career, had one of his best seasons when the Mets won it all in He hit.
He also drew a NL-leading 94 walks. And to cap it off, he drove in three runs in Game 7 of the World Series to help the Mets defeat Boston. The first baseman led the NL in fielding percentage in and He's been in the club's television booth since , which has furthered his legacy among fans. Last year, the Mets retired Koosman's number.
To cater for the endless appetite for simulated ball games, GT Interactive are stepping up to the plate with Mike Piazza's Strike Zone. Mike Piazza is a round, flat fellow who enjoys been smeared in tomato paste and mozarella cheese. No, not really. He's apparently a famous baseball player - whether he's as well-known as the equally blank-stare-generating-over-here Ken Griffey Jr. The difference between Strike Zone and the other upcoming American baseball sims is that it will take a more arcade-style approach to the game in order to make it as straightforward and entertaining as possible.
Let's face it, baseball needs to be! However, if you're more of the po-faced statistician tendency, you can also play the game in the full-on simulation mode, which lets you buy and sell players and take part in the ironically named World Series. Mike Piazza's Strike Zone is due to appear in the States this spring - will it ever be released over here, and if it is, will anyone be even vaguely interested?
Still, at least it's not another Japanese super-deformed baseball game! Backed by some of the development team behind Griffey for Super NES, Strike Zone resembles Griffey in its arcade-ish yet true-to-baseball approach to the sport. Piazza with his nd home run as a catcher became the record holder for most home runs by a catcher and to this day he still holds that record.
In his career, he has home runs and of those as a catcher. There labeling him as the greatest hitting catcher of all time.
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