[Déjà Bru]

I haven't been a Mets fan, although I have tried occasionally. But I have lived in New York and I am a baseball fan so perhaps I know what I am talking about when I say: Not for a long while have I noticed the Mets and their fans having this much fun.

The Mets Pull One Back in a Fun Win Over the Dodgers
Jacob deGrom dominated, Brandon Nimmo made a catch to remember and Timmy Trumpet played a live version of Edwin Díaz’s entrance song during a thrilling win.

On a shelf in his spare locker at Citi Field, Brandon Nimmo has a baseball with a series of markings by Wayne Kirby, the Mets’ first base coach. Kirby noted the data from a stellar play Nimmo made earlier this summer, inscribing it: “Best Catch 2022.”

Kirby might need to reconsider; best, after all, is a relative term. Forget probabilities and exit velocities — the catch Nimmo made in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, to rob a homer from Justin Turner and save Jacob deGrom’s 2-1 victory, was a slice of baseball perfection.
The play, and the game, had it all: the two best teams in the National League, a sellout crowd of 41,799, a crisp pace, great players doing great things, even a live trumpet performance on the field before the top of the ninth inning.

“I’ve got to tell you, when we have a full house, I want the hot dogs to be hot, I want the beer to be cold, I want the parking not to be a problem, I want them to leave here and go, ‘Boy, that was worth it and I want to come again,’” Mets Manager Buck Showalter said.

“We have a responsibility to be ready to play, and that’s my first thought: If I went to this game tonight and I got in the car and went home, it was fun. That’s what it should be — and they picked us over the U.S. Open.”

That's a great quote from Buck.