tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13521467.post116348321507180139..comments2007-03-20T16:23:55.157-04:00metswalkoffsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13521467.post-1163675237717090992006-11-16T06:07:00.000-05:002006-11-16T06:07:00.000-05:00Nice work squeezing in the blowouts as part of a larger narrative. And kudos for remembering the lesser known Tank job of 1998. I was at that game. He was just back from his banishment to Norfolk. The scoreboard put up a big TANK in his triple's honor. To that point, his nickname wasn't really publicly known. Also, there was a rain delay and DVision treated us to the Rey O video, featuring Cookie Rojas chatting us up while Rey showed you kids how to make spectacular plays. Rey didn't say much, we thought, because he didn't speak English. Turns out he just thought we were stupid.<BR/><BR/>For parallel purposes, worst loss to D'Backs ever: Game 1 of what I'm thinking is the only doubleheader the two teams have played, August 3, 2002. Craig Counsell homers off Armando Benitez to tie it in the ninth after a Fonzie dinger put Mets ahead in the eighth. Mets lose in ten. Wild Card chase ends before the second game (for which EVERYBODY cleared out) commences. Begins the winless home August. And, for all intents and purposes, ends the Bobby Valentine era as we knew and treasured it.G-Fafifhttp://faithandfear.blogharbor.comnoreply@blogger.com