to mo shea, after he was an l.a. dodger (my territory) he became a ny met, lol...well, his (less famous but fine in his own right) cousin, mark piazza, is a nice bloke, pleasure to work with and a fine family man with 5 lads o' his own. can't beat that with a stick, nor a bat, lol...xoxo jillybeanbaseyballcubkidd :)
@J12oe12l who gives a shit its one game man, you have no idea what that meant to NY things like this for the fans is really special if the braves had any kind of ceremony i would want the mets to lose all 3 or 4 game series or every game that they play the fans want to be happy not be sad after what they have been through and losing the game wiould make it even more horrible for them
@iuradelaMoldova hahahhah in need of some DESPERATE attention i see, pls go kill urself ur pathetic. oh and btw i didn't even understand what the hell u wrote
@mrceebees14 considering you watched this video, i figured you were american. and as for me being a "band wagon" fan, ive been a ranger fan since i was about 6 years old. every team has fans, and every year a team is going to be the best, so somebody has to be a fan of the best team. i was a fan of them when they lost to philly on the last day n missed the playoffs, im a fan of them now when theyre the best team in the league. so fuck you
@DQh0ck3y97 That is the most narrow minded thinking I have ever heard "considering you watched this video, I figured you were American." As if Americans are the ONLY one's who watch this! HAHAHAHA!
@mrceebees14 well why would u watch piazzas homerun after 9-11 than? and i dont care if me being a ranger fan since i was 6 is "orginal" its true dumbass
@DQh0ck3y97 Because I just happen to come across it? haha are you this naive?!?!? Holy crap. Honestly, if you are retarded I apologize, you never know.
LIfelong Yankee fan here. Watched this game at the bar around the corner from my parent's house (a neighborhood joint on Staten Island). The place was full of Yankees fans. We went absolutely ballistic when Piazza hit this shot. It was exactly what we as New Yorkers needed. I will never, ever forget this game.
i do hope the glory days will finally come to Citifield with reboot of stadium. Lowering walls and bringing in fences and YES coloring them blue fresh look maybe better results at home at least. i know better players are needed but soon hopefully on the way. resign Reyes Mets. Hope Mets wear solid blue jerseys and not those black ones especailly on the road. Time for Met colors to return in Citifield and on the road. let's go METS!
@524pmdnyc What as bad as team was last year didn't you watch the games where Mets wore wonderful blue jerseys Los Mets and solid blue Met jerseys during regular games They were awesome. Old school jerseys are alright but man The blue jerseys were cool and should DEFINETLY be worn on the road great selling item blue jerseys
@ticket2 Those stupid "gimmick" jerseys with "Los Mets" are not considered regular uniforms, I suppose you would count the old negro league uniforms that they wore as a regular uniform too... Fortunately, The Mets must have heard from their fans...because they are going back to the classic greys on the road..and they are dropping the black background on the lettering on home jerseys.As for what sells? who cares? I want traditional Mets uniforms.
@524pmdnyc There's nothing gimmicky about having a variety of uniforms that sell for the fans NOT ALL MET fans like the dreary grey road uniforms or the striped home uniforms which add a pinch of color to a Yankee style home jersey. I like to be able to buy and see the Blue jerseys both english version and Los Met version. Main thing is that the Mets become contenders again. And i have no idea what the Negro league uniforms looked like i wasn't alive way back then.
@ticket2 Actually there IS something gimmicky about it...its reaks of a ploy to sell more jerseys. As for the Negro League uniforms, I was not alive back then either, But the Mets wore Negro League uniforms on a day this year, just as they wore the "Los Mets" Jerseys..That was my point. However, I am traditionalist...I Hate the DH, I hate the wild card and I hate the gimmicks designed to pry cash away from fans. Thats just me, though
@524pmdnyc Yip You are definetly a HATER and seemingly damn proud of it too but then that's your choice. i'm not attacking you personally but you do know that more merchandise team sells today the better it is for the team. Just look at Cowboys they have not been winning franchise for years yet their merchandise is still popular beyond their own area fans.
@ticket2 My main concern is not how many jerseys are sold...that never won a single ballgame..as for me being a hater? yes, I hate the DH and the wildcard, but I do not HATE any people, so please do not dump me in that class...like I said, I am a traditionalist, I remember when players had to hit and field, I remember when winning the division actually meant something..I wouldnt care how many jerseys they sold with different logos on them, I personally do not like them...its my choice.
@524pmdnyc I was talking about you being a hater of CHANGE and nothing else. And yea i agree main thing is that Mets get on track soon to being able to challenge for Championships. But that doesn't mean that changing things up is not important and by the way money used in Jersey sales can only help Mets profit man profit! it counts too.
@ticket2 I am not a "hater" of change... Lots of things changed for the better...Baseball is not one of them. And, if you really believe that Jersey sales help a team build a winner? That has to be the most absurd statement I ever heard.
@524pmdnyc Of course jersey sales don't build a team into a winner but large jersey sales breeds fan following and interest. A winning team is the ultimate goal of any competitive sport and it's fans. Baseball addition of playoff system allowed small market teams a chance too contend with the heavy spenders like the Yankees, Red Sox and a few others. A team has to have a vision and plan to how it achieves winning and from there hopefully to championships. Change is progression.
@ticket2 Again, its a matter of opinion...for years, the greatest thing about baseball was that you had to win your division outright to make the postseason..resulting in great pennant races where 2 teams battled it out...that is almost non existant. and if you believe that Jerseys bred fan interest, well in 50 years I never met a fan that chose his team based on the Jersey..the post kind of rambles, from the Jersey thing to plan and vision so I am not sure what you were trying to say.
@ticket2 we can go back and forth forever, but I will never change my mind about the Jerseys and the wild card and the DH...and that is my right, just as its your right to like these things...Enjoy baseball, I sure do....and good luck in the upcoming season...
@524pmdnyc Thank You, Let's Go Mets! in that i do believe we both agree. so far i don't like the way things are looking for Mets for 2012 season and possibly in near seasons to come will all have wait and see
my grandfather and uncles were 4 rows behind home plate and they said the felt the stadium swaying, like shea did when it errupted....citi field is like funeral compared to shea
That's Chris Berman on the call, right? So the game must have been on ESPN.
I sympathize with New York after 9/11 and all, but from a baseball perspective, this home run is a total steroids shot. If Mike Piazza hadn't been on the juice, that ball probably nesltes in the Gold Glove of Andruw Jones.
@DQh0ck3y97 Piazza certainly wasn't anomalous, but to me, if you use, you use. If he didn't go crazy with the juice, then he simply proved smart enough to tailor a balanced regimen that would enhance his performance without stressing his body and causing him to break-down. I suppose that he combined smarts with steroids.
There certainly were many players and stars juicing at this time, but not "everyone." I don't think that most of the players in this game, for instance, were injecting.
@joekiddlouischama Ken Caminiti was in this game. Also, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Robin Ventura, Rey Ordonez, Lenny Harris, Al Leiter, the Umpire, Ralph Kiner, Gary Thorne, and Eddie the Cowbell Man were also juicers. Get real.
@vantageIIx Yes, the intellectually lazy fallacy that "Everyone was doing it." Well, everyone wasn't doing it. Obviously, Piazza was far from the only player or star juicing at this time, but the point is that he should not be excluded from the ignoble list that features Bonds, Sosa, McGwire, Clemens, Ramirez, A. Rodriguez, I. Rodriguez, Tejada, Caminiti, Canseco, Giambi, Gonzalez, Palmeiro, Dykstra, Daulton, et. al. Piazza's Hall of Fame candidacy is fraudulent.
@CliffKarnow No one I named was ever on steroids. Not Piazza either. You can't take something as fact because Murray Chass and his alter egos told you to.
@vantageIIx So Reggie Jefferson is one of Chass' alter-egos? Why did Piazza's back acne suddenly, completely clear after the advent of punitive steroids testing in 2004? Why did a 62nd round pick with a slow bat become the greatest offensive catcher in major league history? You're allowed to be naive, delusional, and in denial, but at least recognize these personal weaknesses (outside of liking Robert Johnson).
@CliffKarnow Slow bat? He became a hot prospect after a couple years in the minors. I'm not convinced that you're knowledge of the man's acne history and the word of someone who never even played in the same league qualify as unequivocal evidence.
@CliffKarnow One issue with your list. Everyone you mentioned was in one of 3 categories..1. an admitted juicer. 2. Failed tests..or 3. solid evidence has been provided of their riod use. Piazza fits into NON of those categories. You can believe what you want, but until SOLID evidence is given, you cannot put Piazza in the same sentence as those guys.
@joekiddlouischama piazza never used steroids he was a great person as well as a player...actually when he was accused of using steroids many who were with him described his as stunned and dissapointed that people looked upon him that way
@BigBluenym Yeah, that's basically what the apologists said about Palmeiro, Giambi, Rodriguez, McGwire, Clemens, et al. Piazza may have constituted a fine human being in other areas and yet still could have juiced. Reggie Jefferson and another major leaguer claimed that he juiced, while New York columnists Murray Chass and Joel Sherman have commented upon his back acne that suddenly cleared in 2004.
@joekiddlouischama what was said about palmeiro, giambi, rodrguez, mcgwire was totally different then what was said sbout piazza...and if you are going to base your opinions on newspaper writers then you have huge problems....they are the most unfair liberal writers ever
@joekiddlouischama Here is one little fact you fail to mention: Palmiero, Giambi, Rodriguez, McGuire, Clemens all either failed tests or we have seen SOLID evidence of their roid use..Non such evidence exists with Piazza. As for back acne? I know quite a few people who suffered from it, and non of them juiced. Reggie Jefferson? what proof does he put forth? None. A never-was disgruntled poor excuse for a ballplayer, I take nothing of what he says unless he can back it up
@BigBluenym ... which would be explained by beginning his regimen in the minors. If you examine his minor league statistics, you'll see that Piazza went from 6 home runs in 1990 to 29 in 1991.
@joekiddlouischama you obviuosly dont know hat you are talking about...piazza came up in 92 and he hit a home run, and he only had 69 at bats...thent he next year he hit 35 and won rookie of the year...so there was never a major jump in power numbers for him besides his first year in the big leagues, and you cant expect anyone to consistently hit homers when they first come up..get your facts straight
@joekiddlouischama Since you are so willing to throw his stats, why only do half a job? 1990 was just his second year in pro ball..and his first in a higher level that A-. Many stars struggled as they advance up the chain in the early stages.. seeing pitches that they never saw before, and the like. Throwing up stats from anyone's second year in pro ball as a means to discredit their major league accomplishments makes it seem as if you know nothing about developmental baseball leagues.
@524pmdnyc Good comment. To put it into modern perspective, Miguel Cabrera never had more than 10 homers a season in the minors, and he might be the best HR hitter in baseball today. And Jose Bautista didn't do much until he hit 50 homers in 2010. Are they on steroids too? Mike Napoli is on steroids too?
Don't bother replying to joekiddlouischama with facts, he's too much of a dickbag to realize it
Perhaps one of the most memorable moment in Mets, Baseball and New York Sports history! Thank You again Mike Piazza for boosting the spirits of everyone in New York after 9/11
When I think of 9/11 - this is what I think of. The best defense against terrorism - New Yorkers and Americans doing what they normally do, and joining together to show their love for their country. Sorry, but you don't see scenes like this in Afghanistan or Iraq. God Bless America.
You're right, but the leaders of those nations don't purposely engineer domestic terrorism as a pretext for embarking on a war with no end in sight, where trillions of dollars have been spent and so many lives lost, all to put money in the pockets of the global elite and weapons contractors. You don't see scenes like this in Irag or Afghanistan but it's not because they don't love their countries. I was born in America and am ashamed at the American govt. for orchestrating all that happened on
9/11 & afterwards. I'm not anti-American & anyone that says you MUST believe the govt and mass media's version of 9/11 or your not patriotic is in fact unpatriotic. The only real difference between the regimes of those nations & ours is that ours doesn't flat out state that it's going to oppress us and be tyrannical. We have the ILLUSION of freedom when we are anything but. To those who can't live with an uncomfortable truth, continue to believe the lie. The truth is 9/11 was an inside job.
@dzanier 9/11 wasn't necessarily an "inside job," but the government (including the vaunted 9/11 Commission) has skirted some troubling questions about how the towers came down and why they were rigged with explosives.
However, the government did not necessarily possess any motive to bring down the towers. Once the planes flew into the buildings, the necessary pretext for war already existed.
@dboy0308 A) You don't see scenes like this one in Afghanistan or Iraq because they are poor, war-torn countries that America has spent years wastefully bombing (not to mention the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan from 1979-1989 and the Iran-Iraq War from 1980-1988, back when Donald Rumsfeld was shaking hands with former CIA agent Saddam Hussein and America was supplying the dictator with the material for biological weaponry). Did you see this type of scene during the US Civil War?
@dboy0308 B) Iraqis had nothing to do with 9/11 and even Afghanis weren't involved. The masterminds and hijackers were Saudis with a few other Arab nationalities sprinkled in and they were able to plot in Afghanistan because after America helped Osama bin Laden defeat the Soviets in the eighties, out government abandoned the country and allowed a group of theocratic thugs (the Taliban) to fill the vacuum.
@dboy0308 C) God constitutes a subjective, imaginary concept with no basis in objective reality. Did God opt not to bless America on the morning of 9/11/01? Is God not blessing America right now because of the stagnant economy? Let's be real, man: God has nothing to do with turns of events.
D) This point doesn't contradict any of yours, but our government should be doing much more for the victims and public servants of 9/11, even at the cost of hiking Mike Piazza's federal income tax.
@dboy0308 C) God constitutes a subjective, imaginary concept with no basis in objective reality. Did God opt not to bless America on the morning of 9/11/01? Is God not blessing America right now because of the stagnant economy? Let's be real, man: God has nothing to do with turns of events.
D) This point doesn't contradict any of yours, but our government should be doing much more for the victims and public servants of 9/11, even at the cost of hiking Mike Piazza's federal income tax.
Anybody who debates it just wouldn't understand. This, the first collective moment of joy in 10 days for our city. Calling it the single most meaningful homerun in baseball history might be an overstatement to you, not to me. I get teary eyed every time I see this. Thank you Mike Piazza.
With the 10th anniversary just days away, the awareness of the 9/11 attacks increases and we all start to feel a tug at our hearts. Searching for this video was the first thing I did to remember that we, as a city and a nation, triumphed.
How can you NOT like this? One of the most emotional home runs ever!
MrDevilfan26 12 hours ago
I'm a Yankees fan, but God dammit I teared up watching this. 9/11 never forget
EforVendettaa 2 days ago
to mo shea, after he was an l.a. dodger (my territory) he became a ny met, lol...well, his (less famous but fine in his own right) cousin, mark piazza, is a nice bloke, pleasure to work with and a fine family man with 5 lads o' his own. can't beat that with a stick, nor a bat, lol...xoxo jillybeanbaseyballcubkidd :)
jillyhawk 6 days ago
Tsuyoshi Shinjo on deck
jasonkid92 1 week ago
i hate the Mets, but i still got goosebumps from watching this.
badgerhockey99 1 week ago
this is why piazza is my favorite baseball player ever
carrierox1031 1 week ago
piazza had one of the best swings i've ever seen.
DaCaptain924 1 week ago
one of the greatest moments in ny sports history...
nyamn88 2 weeks ago
Only time I've ever been satisfied with a Mets win
bbri1991 2 weeks ago
Mike Piazza was my favorite baseball player,Should be in the Hall already,Has the best swing in the game
JonesLambeau 3 weeks ago
Miss these days.
galcala731 4 weeks ago 5
This is why Piazza should be in the Hall of Fame as a MET. This one homerun justifies it.
08TeamDream 1 month ago 14
@08TeamDream AMEN!!!
coolymac 1 week ago
@08TeamDream well he spent most of his career with the mets if he doesnt go to cooperstown as a m,et ill lose alotta repect for him but he was great
LukeTheDrifter07 1 week ago
holy shit i was rooting for piazza then i realized it was against my own team atlanta hahahahah
J12oe12l 1 month ago
@J12oe12l who gives a shit its one game man, you have no idea what that meant to NY things like this for the fans is really special if the braves had any kind of ceremony i would want the mets to lose all 3 or 4 game series or every game that they play the fans want to be happy not be sad after what they have been through and losing the game wiould make it even more horrible for them
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J12oe12l 3 weeks ago
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@iuradelaMoldova hahahhah in need of some DESPERATE attention i see, pls go kill urself ur pathetic. oh and btw i didn't even understand what the hell u wrote
J12oe12l 3 weeks ago
@TheDwenyc thats hilarious
DQh0ck3y97 1 month ago
Baseball sucks, but this was pretty cool.
mrceebees14 1 month ago
@mrceebees14 youre un-american
DQh0ck3y97 1 month ago
@DQh0ck3y97 Where did I say I was American? New York Ranger band wagon fan?
mrceebees14 1 month ago
@mrceebees14 considering you watched this video, i figured you were american. and as for me being a "band wagon" fan, ive been a ranger fan since i was about 6 years old. every team has fans, and every year a team is going to be the best, so somebody has to be a fan of the best team. i was a fan of them when they lost to philly on the last day n missed the playoffs, im a fan of them now when theyre the best team in the league. so fuck you
DQh0ck3y97 1 month ago
@DQh0ck3y97 That is the most narrow minded thinking I have ever heard "considering you watched this video, I figured you were American." As if Americans are the ONLY one's who watch this! HAHAHAHA!
"I'v been a ranger fan since I was about 6."
How original.
mrceebees14 1 month ago
@mrceebees14 well why would u watch piazzas homerun after 9-11 than? and i dont care if me being a ranger fan since i was 6 is "orginal" its true dumbass
DQh0ck3y97 1 month ago
@DQh0ck3y97 Because I just happen to come across it? haha are you this naive?!?!? Holy crap. Honestly, if you are retarded I apologize, you never know.
"orginal" way too go sport.
mrceebees14 1 month ago
@mrceebees14 the best response you have is a typo? ur kidding right?
DQh0ck3y97 1 month ago
@mrceebees14 and if you look at the video statistic (the graph next to the views) this video is watched almost entirely by americans
DQh0ck3y97 1 month ago
LIfelong Yankee fan here. Watched this game at the bar around the corner from my parent's house (a neighborhood joint on Staten Island). The place was full of Yankees fans. We went absolutely ballistic when Piazza hit this shot. It was exactly what we as New Yorkers needed. I will never, ever forget this game.
JMAZZ80 1 month ago 2
i do hope the glory days will finally come to Citifield with reboot of stadium. Lowering walls and bringing in fences and YES coloring them blue fresh look maybe better results at home at least. i know better players are needed but soon hopefully on the way. resign Reyes Mets. Hope Mets wear solid blue jerseys and not those black ones especailly on the road. Time for Met colors to return in Citifield and on the road. let's go METS!
ticket2 3 months ago
@ticket2 Mets never wore solid blue jerseys. I say back to the basic Grey on the road and the pinstriped at home.
524pmdnyc 3 months ago
@524pmdnyc What as bad as team was last year didn't you watch the games where Mets wore wonderful blue jerseys Los Mets and solid blue Met jerseys during regular games They were awesome. Old school jerseys are alright but man The blue jerseys were cool and should DEFINETLY be worn on the road great selling item blue jerseys
ticket2 3 months ago
@ticket2 Those stupid "gimmick" jerseys with "Los Mets" are not considered regular uniforms, I suppose you would count the old negro league uniforms that they wore as a regular uniform too... Fortunately, The Mets must have heard from their fans...because they are going back to the classic greys on the road..and they are dropping the black background on the lettering on home jerseys.As for what sells? who cares? I want traditional Mets uniforms.
524pmdnyc 3 months ago
@524pmdnyc There's nothing gimmicky about having a variety of uniforms that sell for the fans NOT ALL MET fans like the dreary grey road uniforms or the striped home uniforms which add a pinch of color to a Yankee style home jersey. I like to be able to buy and see the Blue jerseys both english version and Los Met version. Main thing is that the Mets become contenders again. And i have no idea what the Negro league uniforms looked like i wasn't alive way back then.
ticket2 2 months ago
@ticket2 Actually there IS something gimmicky about it...its reaks of a ploy to sell more jerseys. As for the Negro League uniforms, I was not alive back then either, But the Mets wore Negro League uniforms on a day this year, just as they wore the "Los Mets" Jerseys..That was my point. However, I am traditionalist...I Hate the DH, I hate the wild card and I hate the gimmicks designed to pry cash away from fans. Thats just me, though
524pmdnyc 2 months ago
@524pmdnyc Yip You are definetly a HATER and seemingly damn proud of it too but then that's your choice. i'm not attacking you personally but you do know that more merchandise team sells today the better it is for the team. Just look at Cowboys they have not been winning franchise for years yet their merchandise is still popular beyond their own area fans.
ticket2 2 months ago
@ticket2 My main concern is not how many jerseys are sold...that never won a single ballgame..as for me being a hater? yes, I hate the DH and the wildcard, but I do not HATE any people, so please do not dump me in that class...like I said, I am a traditionalist, I remember when players had to hit and field, I remember when winning the division actually meant something..I wouldnt care how many jerseys they sold with different logos on them, I personally do not like them...its my choice.
524pmdnyc 2 months ago
@524pmdnyc I was talking about you being a hater of CHANGE and nothing else. And yea i agree main thing is that Mets get on track soon to being able to challenge for Championships. But that doesn't mean that changing things up is not important and by the way money used in Jersey sales can only help Mets profit man profit! it counts too.
ticket2 2 months ago
@ticket2 I am not a "hater" of change... Lots of things changed for the better...Baseball is not one of them. And, if you really believe that Jersey sales help a team build a winner? That has to be the most absurd statement I ever heard.
524pmdnyc 2 months ago
@524pmdnyc Of course jersey sales don't build a team into a winner but large jersey sales breeds fan following and interest. A winning team is the ultimate goal of any competitive sport and it's fans. Baseball addition of playoff system allowed small market teams a chance too contend with the heavy spenders like the Yankees, Red Sox and a few others. A team has to have a vision and plan to how it achieves winning and from there hopefully to championships. Change is progression.
ticket2 2 months ago
@ticket2 Again, its a matter of opinion...for years, the greatest thing about baseball was that you had to win your division outright to make the postseason..resulting in great pennant races where 2 teams battled it out...that is almost non existant. and if you believe that Jerseys bred fan interest, well in 50 years I never met a fan that chose his team based on the Jersey..the post kind of rambles, from the Jersey thing to plan and vision so I am not sure what you were trying to say.
524pmdnyc 2 months ago
@ticket2 we can go back and forth forever, but I will never change my mind about the Jerseys and the wild card and the DH...and that is my right, just as its your right to like these things...Enjoy baseball, I sure do....and good luck in the upcoming season...
524pmdnyc 2 months ago
@524pmdnyc Thank You, Let's Go Mets! in that i do believe we both agree. so far i don't like the way things are looking for Mets for 2012 season and possibly in near seasons to come will all have wait and see
ticket2 2 months ago
It's cool
Cause my last name is piazza my name is tj piazza it's funny but we are not related in any way I font think
Twelthofaquartar 4 months ago
the good old days
fyyasko 4 months ago
i was there..and im telling u hear shea rockin?..citifield will never rock like this classic stadium..i miss shea so much
ThePass1967 4 months ago
I was at this game :)
S64D345 4 months ago
my grandfather and uncles were 4 rows behind home plate and they said the felt the stadium swaying, like shea did when it errupted....citi field is like funeral compared to shea
BigBluenym 4 months ago
That's Chris Berman on the call, right? So the game must have been on ESPN.
I sympathize with New York after 9/11 and all, but from a baseball perspective, this home run is a total steroids shot. If Mike Piazza hadn't been on the juice, that ball probably nesltes in the Gold Glove of Andruw Jones.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
@joekiddlouischama No, I was wrong. The announcer just sounds like Chris Berman.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
The reason i started playing baseball and the reason i will never stop MIKE PIAZZA
Thrillg83 5 months ago
mike piazza<333333333333333333333
Thrillg83 5 months ago
I was in the world trade center when the 2nd airplane hit. I remember watching this game. 9-11 never forget
Ruanhogan 5 months ago
I guess the 2011 Mets forgot that it was 9/11? Way to give up 6 runs in extra innings.
EvilAnticsLive 5 months ago
@EvilAnticsLive technically they gave those runs up on the 12th
DQh0ck3y97 5 months ago 5
Mike Piazza will always b my favorite baseball player ever
SimbaKing94 5 months ago
im not saying this because its my video but why would anybody dislike this video?
DQh0ck3y97 5 months ago
@DQh0ck3y97 because they're from philly
rushs11 5 months ago
You could tell by the sound off of the bat that it was gone.
Sasfoot 5 months ago
G-d what a moment to be a Met fan. Lift our spirits, beat the Braves and Mike Piazza rules. Damn I miss his bat.
Sasfoot 5 months ago
@Sasfoot ... and his steroids.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
@joekiddlouischama its not like piazza was crazy with steriods like everyone else in baseball at the time
DQh0ck3y97 5 months ago
@DQh0ck3y97 Piazza certainly wasn't anomalous, but to me, if you use, you use. If he didn't go crazy with the juice, then he simply proved smart enough to tailor a balanced regimen that would enhance his performance without stressing his body and causing him to break-down. I suppose that he combined smarts with steroids.
There certainly were many players and stars juicing at this time, but not "everyone." I don't think that most of the players in this game, for instance, were injecting.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
@joekiddlouischama Ken Caminiti was in this game. Also, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Robin Ventura, Rey Ordonez, Lenny Harris, Al Leiter, the Umpire, Ralph Kiner, Gary Thorne, and Eddie the Cowbell Man were also juicers. Get real.
vantageIIx 4 months ago
@vantageIIx Yes, the intellectually lazy fallacy that "Everyone was doing it." Well, everyone wasn't doing it. Obviously, Piazza was far from the only player or star juicing at this time, but the point is that he should not be excluded from the ignoble list that features Bonds, Sosa, McGwire, Clemens, Ramirez, A. Rodriguez, I. Rodriguez, Tejada, Caminiti, Canseco, Giambi, Gonzalez, Palmeiro, Dykstra, Daulton, et. al. Piazza's Hall of Fame candidacy is fraudulent.
CliffKarnow 4 months ago
@CliffKarnow No one I named was ever on steroids. Not Piazza either. You can't take something as fact because Murray Chass and his alter egos told you to.
vantageIIx 4 months ago
@vantageIIx So Reggie Jefferson is one of Chass' alter-egos? Why did Piazza's back acne suddenly, completely clear after the advent of punitive steroids testing in 2004? Why did a 62nd round pick with a slow bat become the greatest offensive catcher in major league history? You're allowed to be naive, delusional, and in denial, but at least recognize these personal weaknesses (outside of liking Robert Johnson).
And Caminiti admitted that he was on the juice.
CliffKarnow 4 months ago
@CliffKarnow Slow bat? He became a hot prospect after a couple years in the minors. I'm not convinced that you're knowledge of the man's acne history and the word of someone who never even played in the same league qualify as unequivocal evidence.
vantageIIx 4 months ago
@CliffKarnow One issue with your list. Everyone you mentioned was in one of 3 categories..1. an admitted juicer. 2. Failed tests..or 3. solid evidence has been provided of their riod use. Piazza fits into NON of those categories. You can believe what you want, but until SOLID evidence is given, you cannot put Piazza in the same sentence as those guys.
524pmdnyc 3 months ago
@joekiddlouischama piazza never used steroids he was a great person as well as a player...actually when he was accused of using steroids many who were with him described his as stunned and dissapointed that people looked upon him that way
BigBluenym 4 months ago
@BigBluenym Yeah, that's basically what the apologists said about Palmeiro, Giambi, Rodriguez, McGwire, Clemens, et al. Piazza may have constituted a fine human being in other areas and yet still could have juiced. Reggie Jefferson and another major leaguer claimed that he juiced, while New York columnists Murray Chass and Joel Sherman have commented upon his back acne that suddenly cleared in 2004.
joekiddlouischama 4 months ago
@joekiddlouischama what was said about palmeiro, giambi, rodrguez, mcgwire was totally different then what was said sbout piazza...and if you are going to base your opinions on newspaper writers then you have huge problems....they are the most unfair liberal writers ever
BigBluenym 4 months ago
@joekiddlouischama Here is one little fact you fail to mention: Palmiero, Giambi, Rodriguez, McGuire, Clemens all either failed tests or we have seen SOLID evidence of their roid use..Non such evidence exists with Piazza. As for back acne? I know quite a few people who suffered from it, and non of them juiced. Reggie Jefferson? what proof does he put forth? None. A never-was disgruntled poor excuse for a ballplayer, I take nothing of what he says unless he can back it up
524pmdnyc 3 months ago
@joekiddlouischama also many people say he used steroids cuz is body is big like steroid users...he came up looking like that
BigBluenym 4 months ago
@BigBluenym ... which would be explained by beginning his regimen in the minors. If you examine his minor league statistics, you'll see that Piazza went from 6 home runs in 1990 to 29 in 1991.
joekiddlouischama 4 months ago
@joekiddlouischama you obviuosly dont know hat you are talking about...piazza came up in 92 and he hit a home run, and he only had 69 at bats...thent he next year he hit 35 and won rookie of the year...so there was never a major jump in power numbers for him besides his first year in the big leagues, and you cant expect anyone to consistently hit homers when they first come up..get your facts straight
BigBluenym 4 months ago
@joekiddlouischama Since you are so willing to throw his stats, why only do half a job? 1990 was just his second year in pro ball..and his first in a higher level that A-. Many stars struggled as they advance up the chain in the early stages.. seeing pitches that they never saw before, and the like. Throwing up stats from anyone's second year in pro ball as a means to discredit their major league accomplishments makes it seem as if you know nothing about developmental baseball leagues.
524pmdnyc 3 months ago
@524pmdnyc Good comment. To put it into modern perspective, Miguel Cabrera never had more than 10 homers a season in the minors, and he might be the best HR hitter in baseball today. And Jose Bautista didn't do much until he hit 50 homers in 2010. Are they on steroids too? Mike Napoli is on steroids too?
Don't bother replying to joekiddlouischama with facts, he's too much of a dickbag to realize it
vantageIIx 3 months ago
@vantageIIx Thanks for that, and I agree with you...some people just dont understand the game, but obviously you do...
524pmdnyc 3 months ago
fukin miss u piazza
TheMistadood 5 months ago 3
God Bless the USA!!!!!
metsfreak4life 5 months ago
Mike Piazza brought New York back to it's feet with that home run
GolfingSwag4Life 5 months ago
Not a Mets fan, but both the Yankees & Mets both came up big after 9-11. Lifted the spirits of New York.
nymike06 5 months ago
Perhaps one of the most memorable moment in Mets, Baseball and New York Sports history! Thank You again Mike Piazza for boosting the spirits of everyone in New York after 9/11
meadowtube10 5 months ago
still gets me choked up. USA!!!
Sprice4984 5 months ago
your my hero Mike Piazza
frenchiejr00 5 months ago
When I think of 9/11 - this is what I think of. The best defense against terrorism - New Yorkers and Americans doing what they normally do, and joining together to show their love for their country. Sorry, but you don't see scenes like this in Afghanistan or Iraq. God Bless America.
dboy0308 5 months ago 18
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@dboy0308 And what makes you think that "you don't see scenes like this in Afghanistan or Iraq"?
courtneynatch 5 months ago
You're right, but the leaders of those nations don't purposely engineer domestic terrorism as a pretext for embarking on a war with no end in sight, where trillions of dollars have been spent and so many lives lost, all to put money in the pockets of the global elite and weapons contractors. You don't see scenes like this in Irag or Afghanistan but it's not because they don't love their countries. I was born in America and am ashamed at the American govt. for orchestrating all that happened on
dzanier 5 months ago
9/11 & afterwards. I'm not anti-American & anyone that says you MUST believe the govt and mass media's version of 9/11 or your not patriotic is in fact unpatriotic. The only real difference between the regimes of those nations & ours is that ours doesn't flat out state that it's going to oppress us and be tyrannical. We have the ILLUSION of freedom when we are anything but. To those who can't live with an uncomfortable truth, continue to believe the lie. The truth is 9/11 was an inside job.
dzanier 5 months ago
@dzanier 9/11 wasn't necessarily an "inside job," but the government (including the vaunted 9/11 Commission) has skirted some troubling questions about how the towers came down and why they were rigged with explosives.
However, the government did not necessarily possess any motive to bring down the towers. Once the planes flew into the buildings, the necessary pretext for war already existed.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
@dboy0308 A) You don't see scenes like this one in Afghanistan or Iraq because they are poor, war-torn countries that America has spent years wastefully bombing (not to mention the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan from 1979-1989 and the Iran-Iraq War from 1980-1988, back when Donald Rumsfeld was shaking hands with former CIA agent Saddam Hussein and America was supplying the dictator with the material for biological weaponry). Did you see this type of scene during the US Civil War?
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
@dboy0308 B) Iraqis had nothing to do with 9/11 and even Afghanis weren't involved. The masterminds and hijackers were Saudis with a few other Arab nationalities sprinkled in and they were able to plot in Afghanistan because after America helped Osama bin Laden defeat the Soviets in the eighties, out government abandoned the country and allowed a group of theocratic thugs (the Taliban) to fill the vacuum.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
@dboy0308 C) God constitutes a subjective, imaginary concept with no basis in objective reality. Did God opt not to bless America on the morning of 9/11/01? Is God not blessing America right now because of the stagnant economy? Let's be real, man: God has nothing to do with turns of events.
D) This point doesn't contradict any of yours, but our government should be doing much more for the victims and public servants of 9/11, even at the cost of hiking Mike Piazza's federal income tax.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
@dboy0308 C) God constitutes a subjective, imaginary concept with no basis in objective reality. Did God opt not to bless America on the morning of 9/11/01? Is God not blessing America right now because of the stagnant economy? Let's be real, man: God has nothing to do with turns of events.
D) This point doesn't contradict any of yours, but our government should be doing much more for the victims and public servants of 9/11, even at the cost of hiking Mike Piazza's federal income tax.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
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sweetecstasy33 5 months ago 4
@sweetecstasy33 its not a problem
DQh0ck3y97 5 months ago
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BigBluenym 4 months ago
Anybody who debates it just wouldn't understand. This, the first collective moment of joy in 10 days for our city. Calling it the single most meaningful homerun in baseball history might be an overstatement to you, not to me. I get teary eyed every time I see this. Thank you Mike Piazza.
NPRMc 5 months ago 41
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@NPRMc you're an emotional faggy
bpo87 5 months ago
@NPRMc It brought tears of joy to many of us, buddy.
MrQmason 5 months ago
@NPRMc Agreed. There are many home runs that win games. This one helped heal a city.
As far as I'm concerned, this was New York's first step in healing after 9/11.
arnyjk 5 months ago
@NPRMc You should also thank Piazza's steroids regimen. I understand where you're coming from, but I want to celebrate "clean" accomplishments.
Don't think that I'm anti-New York, though; the federal government should be doing much more for the 9/11 fire fighters ,first responders, et al.
joekiddlouischama 5 months ago
Thank you for uploading this...keeping this moment relevant means so much!
Nickdx1000 5 months ago
still gives me the chills.
bbballin009 5 months ago
With the 10th anniversary just days away, the awareness of the 9/11 attacks increases and we all start to feel a tug at our hearts. Searching for this video was the first thing I did to remember that we, as a city and a nation, triumphed.
johnkimx83 5 months ago
I was very fortunate to be there that night
U2met86 5 months ago 3
I wonder when MLB will take this video down for copyright violations.....clowns
brookside1 5 months ago
one of the greatest/emotional games of all time. the stadium was probably only louder at game 6 of 86
phnompenh23 5 months ago
One of the greatest home runs of all-time
TFMromolo 5 months ago
There ya go
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