Comments on: Just Tsuyoshi being Tsuyoshi

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:01:30 +0000

I remember that game so vividly. I think it was a day game and I had taped it (before DVR existed). Came home from school and was jumping all over the basement. My mom ran down, she thought i had lit the place on fire or something. What an awesome ending to a Mets-Braves game.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:18 +0000

mm999 – I remember that game so vividly. I think it was a day game and I had taped it (before DVR existed). Came home from school and was jumping all over the basement. My mom ran down, she thought i had lit the place on fire or something. What an awesome ending to a Mets-Braves game.

By: A.J.

A.J. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:25:51 +0000

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By: krumbledkookie

krumbledkookie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:52:35 +0000

That video = Pure, unadulterated awesomeness.

By: spiffyone

spiffyone — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:43:21 +0000

Ah…I remember Shinjo. Very orange. I remember that. So very, very orange.

As a Yankee fan, I remember the game to which lisametsfan alluded. I remember wanting the Yanks to win…but also, oddly, wanting Shinjo to do good. I actually liked the guy. I remember muttering under my breath “get on base, Shinjo, and then Piazza can strike out”. Yes, I, a Yankee fan, was actually rooting for a Met in a subway series game (which I would do only one other time, when I wished Piazza would beat the crap outta Clemens when the bat tossing incident happened).

I just…I dunno…I liked Shinjo’s unabashed rock star persona. Wasn’t a great player, no…but what a personality on that guy. It was difficult NOT to like him.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:30:04 +0000

I remember when I met him in the hotel in Baltimore, it was fun, and then at the game he gave the ball to my friends girlfriend, like we asked him at the hotel, I have a picture ofhim, and my friend across from the elevator where we met him, in that Marriot Hotel in Baltimore.

By: Andrew Vazzano

Andrew Vazzano — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:27:07 +0000

That made my day.

By: mm999

mm999 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:10:34 +0000

I remember a Mets-Braves game where Shinjo threw out Chipper Jones at home after a potential game-tying single to end the game and saved Armando Benitez’s face. That one goes into my personal greatest Mets moments.

By: lisametsfan

lisametsfan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:41:05 +0000

Shinjo will always hold a place in my heart for one game–it was a Yankee/Mets subway series game at Shea in I think either either 99 or 2000. The Mets were down by a lot in the 8th inning. But they scored a few runs and suddenly, miraculously, they only needed a run to tie and two runs to win. Shinjo was at bat with Piazza behind him. Shinjo hit a slow grounder and ran so to beat the throw (he did), he sprained his ankle and was taken out for a pinch runner. Piazza came up and promptly socked one over the wall. Mets win!

After the game, Shinjo said (through his interpreter), “Mike was up behind me. We had a chance. I COULD NOT BE OUT.” He paused for a moment and repeated, “It was our chance. I-COULD-NOT-BE-OUT.” Thank you for that game, Tsuyoshi. Best of luck to you.

By: Ted Berg

Ted Berg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:24:47 +0000

Yeah, I believe he has retired to focus on being a total rock star.