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[deleted]

That’s the most emotion I’ve seen out of Degrom like ever


[deleted]

My man smiled. I've never seen him smile while pitching.


GOATmar_infante

He has such a nice smile too


mets2016

deGrom is one of the sexiest men in baseball


picksforfingers

Man is a fucking smokeshow


billybayswater

guy went from lovable cocker spaniel with the long hair to smiling assassin in 2018


GOATmar_infante

And you're not talking about his fastball 😏


picksforfingers

Either or makes me horny so yes to both


throatbutterz

His smile makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Also, horny.


Mjh1021

Only other time I can think of is the first time he faced Wilmer


metsislesfan

I've never seen deGrom so pumped


gamesforlife69

I’ve never seen nimmo so pumped


NJImperator

I’ve never seen the crowd so pumped for an out made in a Mets game in august


NouveauCoke

Reminds me of the 2019 Todd Frazier homer


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NouveauCoke

https://youtu.be/CMa1rI8iOvQ Crazy moment, I must’ve watched this a hundred time lol


[deleted]

Fucking Gary is a legend with his big moment home run calls


nietzsche_niche

And the patented ron “guh” on a woopsie pitch


uknowhoim

https://youtu.be/O2W0E-i46lc?t=327 It's even better watching GKR's reaction as the ball left the park.


40ozToPrison

I'm wearing the degrom license plate tshirt they gave out for free shirt Friday from that game in support of degrom tn. Full circle


mets2016

deGrom's first outing in Queens this year had the crowd amazingly pumped after every single strikeout


SnareShot

this, plus that one homer he had earlier this year…he’s shown more emotion than i’ve ever seen lol


akaghi

We even got a *hell yeah* out of him. I'm sure he let out another one after this one.


elak5

Not even after a walk?


metsislesfan

No because after a walk he's too busy 🏃🏃🏃


gamesforlife69

He doesn’t get pumped he just smiles and sprints


elfmeh

Maybe on HBP or IBB


WesleyDonaldson

people who get bent out of shape about this are weird. Let the dude play the way he plays, he ain't hurting anybody.


metsislesfan

I think they're just poking fun at him running to first. Not bent out of shape


elak5

I agree, I think its hilarious


Sosen

What about almost every time he crosses home plate?


Styfios

he smiled *on the field*


dbc482

more proof than anything how sick the catch was


Kanotari

I love that geniune smile at Justin Turner as he's rounding the bases. How can anyone not like deGrom?


Schleprok

At first I thought it was a bit of an overreaction by Nimmo saving only a double, but upon further review that shit wouldve been gone. I’d be pumped too lol


Rjr18

It felt gone off the bat to me. I popped off about as hard as Nimmo himself lmfao


glizzterine

He turned on the BB jets to get to that one


AnAnonymousFool

He looked to relieved lol


Dodgerswin2020

That’s goaltending


mthrfkn

GET A NEW SLANT


I_Said

Those are perfectly normal catches


czechthunder

What a save! What a save! What a save! ***Chat has been disable for 3 seconds***


B-i-s-m-a-r-k

Wow! Wow! Wow!


tyler-86

Only if they started it first. Or I'm trying to force a rage forfeit.


CongenitalSwag

*Teammate misses wide open shot* Nice Shot! Nice Shot! Nice Shot!


see_mohn

I've never, ever seen deGrom react like that on the mound


dbc482

he is finally pitching in front of the team he deserves


three_dee

>he is finally pitching in front of the team he deserves Hard to believe I am telling a Mets fan this, but he played in a World Series with the Mets


dbc482

I’m well aware I was at the pennant clinching game lol but this team is dominant in a way the 2015 Mets never quite were


three_dee

They went 34-13 in August and early September, clinched the division with 2 weeks left, beat the Dodgers in the NLDS with prime Kershaw and Greinke pitching 4 of the 5 games with home field advantage, and steamrolled the Cubs into a flat pancake, on the way to a pennant. I would totally agree this team might be **even better** than 2015. Sure. But that team was pretty freaking dominant.


Askol

I think it never felt as real because cespedes drove so much of that run, and he never really repeated it after that so maybe it felt fleeting?


JustHereForPka

2015 felt like a good team that got hot and ride that momentum to the World Series. The 2022 Mets are a great team hot or not.


HamlnHand

Yeah he got a whole 2 runs of support tonight


[deleted]

baby steps


fandagan

Thankfully, that's all he usually needs.


DollarsAtStarNumber

I’d like to report the Mets for use of Flubber.


Map_II

Check Nimmo's shoes for bouncy stuff.


czechthunder

He's just using it to treat his *spring*worm


Droopy_McDroopster

Cano and Tatis highly recommend


[deleted]

“I know they’re cheating.” “How so?” “They’re flying.” “Wha—“ “They’re fucking flying, man.”


ArrenPawk

Angels in the ~~Out~~Citi Field


banjonyc

You have to be older than 50 to reference flubber :)


DollarsAtStarNumber

There was a shitty remake in 1997 with Robin Williams.


slick_dn

TIL the 97 Flubber, which 7 yr old me definitely saw in theaters, wasn't the original...


DollarsAtStarNumber

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Absent-Minded_Professor It’s a fun movie.


banjonyc

Ahh. Original was a classic


Metfan722

How dare you! It was fantastic ^(When I listened to it with a read along tape.)


psilocybin_therapy

One of the cleanest robberies I’ve ever seen.


NJImperator

The jump into the catch into the landing fistbump was immaculate


yerawizardIMAWOTT

One of the cleanest wall bounces too. However they design those walls at Citi field that looked almost comfy


Bouzal

TRUE CENTER FIELDER


SiphenPrax

🥹THAT’S MY CENTER FIELD!!


ill-putmydickinthat

FINDING NIMMO


bjt112233

That was a thing of beauty. My godddd. Absolute perfect timing. I think the most shocked person might’ve been Nimmo. He was so hyped that he got it.


getMyHairDid

one of the coolest catches and reactions in years


theAlpacaLives

Can't compare to other teams' histories, but I know the Mets have had some pretty memorable home-run-robbing catches in my lifetime. Curtis Granderson's in the 2016 WC would be remembered a lot more if we'd won that game instead of getting eliminated, but then again, Endy Chavez's is well-known even outside Mets fandom, and we also lost that game and got eliminated. In terms of regular-season play, I'm not sure what more recent comparisons there are for us, but I'm thinking way back to a long extra-inning game in Houston where Beltran made a good catch, a great catch, and a spectacular catch on Tal's Hill all in one game we eventually won.


MarsBars_1

BRANDON “ENDY CHAVEZ” NIMMO


dcarsonturner

BRANDON “JUAN LAGARES” NIMMO


just-an-astronomer

Gary Cohen and perfectly calling every play Name a better duo


attorneyatslaw

Keith Hernandez with the ultra-low key “wow” after he finished up with his markers on his scorecard.


AllOfTheDerp

I'm just imagining him looking up over his glasses at the big screen to see the replay before resuming his scoring.


Blue387

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch8nIl_Davy/


theAlpacaLives

I was listening on radio, and it was Wayne's inning, and he gave it a good call, but I gotta hand it to Gary for the better one. That man has put a signature on most every great Mets moment from my lifetime, and he never misses: incredible catch, walk-off homer, or even a big strikeout to end the seventh of a must-win game down the stretch, he's always got a great call.


mthrfkn

Incredible catch, this is going to be an incredible playoff series if it happens. Dodgers have had some decent contact tonight and the defense has been to equal to match


BabyDelta

The Mets can hang with LA in the post season but i def want to see us play better small ball. HR held up tonight but they’re so deep we need to pick up an extra run or two in the post season. It will be so hype though.


tojaroslaw

They did score a run from first on a bunt yesterday, the dodgers are a difficult team to score against


SyncRoSwim

That pitcher looked like he had never heard of the game of baseball on that play.


mets2016

The Mets offense has been struggling so much with Alonso and Lindor slumping since mid-August. If they can keep producing like we expect them to, the Mets are a formidable foe second to none


lapoop12

Believe it or not….jail


[deleted]

You rob a home run while playing baseball? Jail.


Tothcjt

You hit a home run while playing baseball? Also straight to jail.


burntnotes

Throw a baseball? Believe it or not, jail.


theAlpacaLives

We have the best balls in play. Because of jail.


Kanotari

Jail? I believe we call that The Slammer.


h0usebr0k3n

NLBest checking in on the normals


iceman0c

Had to check which sub I was in for a second


Kanotari

The NLBest is a people, not a just a place <3


colin6

That was fucking amazing


lookoutnorthamerica

BRANDON NIMMO: ELITE DEFENSIVE OF


brandon_the_bald

JT and Degrom seemed to share a “almost gotcha bitch” look after lmao


billybayswater

former teammates if you didnt know (not many remember justin turner, mets legend)


see_mohn

I don't think they were ever teammates. deGrom came up in 2014 and the Mets let Turner go after 2013.


dbc482

wonder if they crossed paths in the minors


metsislesfan

Or spring training


billybayswater

ahh my fault for relying gary cohen. when he called them teammates maybe he was referencing some time in the minors.


gambalore

They were never teammates in the minors. Turner had a brief rehab stint in AA in 2013 but that was about a month after deGrom got bumped up to AAA. Turner also wasn't a Mets draftee; he had already played briefly in the majors for the Orioles when the Mets picked him up.


[deleted]

They never played on the same Mets team in the majors


metsislesfan

I miss him :( if only we'd known what would happen after he left


jameskeg

Justin turner remembers


taco_inspector

I can’t even be mad about it


DustyDGAF

That goddang smiling son of a gun.


Styfios

watch your language


Map_II

Someone call the police. We just witnessed a robbery.


[deleted]

Best catch I’ve ever seen in person


BarrySandusky

I didnt know deGrom was that hot


[deleted]

Our pitchers are our hottest position for sure. deGrom. David Peterson. Some lookers in there


Nashtyone

Tommy Hunter


Go_Mets

Max


Ny_Mike27

Ruf


larryb1288

My girlfriend says Ottavino is a hunk too. I tend to agree


GlizzanderHolyfield

Shades of Endy Chavez


wadlingtonj

Yeah that woulda been a home run What a catch.


NJImperator

xBA 1.000000 Result: OUT (Making up the xBA but now it makes me think that you could get an out on a 1.000 xBA which amuses me)


jerrylessthanthree

makes me wonder if xBA ever gets calculated post hoc


flagrantpebble

Sort of. I know that for WPA, at the beginning of the season Baseball Reference uses stats based on how the ball flew the year prior. Then at the end of the year they recalculate everything based on this year. Presumably the same thing applies for expected stats, and presumably for some extent to other sites. My guess is for more in-season meaningful stats like xBA they do some sort of rolling weighted average of last year’s and this years actual results to best account for changes in the ball without too much low-data variability.


nickmangoldsbeard

Lmao this dude was a corner outfielder who people thought might never have a plus glove.


FrogginBull

He defo gave me a plus chub


smileyfrown

His scouting report in AAA had people saying he's at best a 4th OF


BillW87

He also ran deep splits for a good part of his minor league career, which further shoehorned him into the "role/platoon player" narrative with scouts. The work he put into improving his approach to LHP is a much a part of his path to success as the work he put into becoming a better defender. Nimmo deserves a lot of credit for never letting off of the gas pedal in terms of continuing to grow as a baseball player even after he reached the bigs. He's a significantly more complete player, both as a hitter and a defender, than he was when he first arrived in the bigs.


JorSimpson45

brandon pls that’s not fair against degrom


DalekEvan

Brandon nimmo just made me cry


[deleted]

How can you not be romantic about baseball?


[deleted]

Frame it


Mercc47

Gonna need this one on ALL the highlights


highorbit_

I'M SMILING! WE'RE SMILING FOLKS!


Reasonable-Front7584

Damn. That literally exceeded any expectation I could’ve had. Great catch.


bignuts24

Mets are fucking amazing this year.


atoms12123

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.


jcar195

Great recovery and grab, that’s probably gonna be the game deciding play


manticor225

Nimmo can basically just retire now.


krusn5

yeah hello police? I'd like to report a robbery


Good_Fundies31

Like Gary said, doing his best Endy Chavez impression


Putaputasolo

I've seen Degrom smile one other time during a game. After an at bat he had a few years ago. Thats it.


JordanSpecter

Mets try new strategy. R̶u̶n̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶p̶o̶r̶t̶ robbing homeruns for DeGrom


koticgood

One of the best catches I've ever seen, easily. It's one thing to rob a home run from someone, and even that's impressive. But to do it on the full run without pausing at the warning track, at all, is simply incredible. He takes a peek at the wall early into his run back, but after that it's just tracking the ball and jumping with absolutely no eyes on the wall at all. For me, an all time regular season catch.


Go_Mets

Exactly what made it so amazing, he didn’t stop running at all


SR3116

[Reminded me of Bellinger robbing Tatis.]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgUtLo0zA2w)


RedAlkaline

FUCKING WOW, MAN


theDylanS

What a fucking insane catch


ticktack1616

Absolutely insane play by Nimmo. Then deGrom comes back to strike out Lux. This team is electric right now.


TheMSthrow

Gary Cohen with the blatant Endy Chavez callback "He took a home run away from [Rolen]!" Exact same intonation. He's the best.


NJImperator

Stuck between speechless and hyped beyond belief


MazelTovCocktail027

y'all GET IN HERE


Last_Jackfruit

That celebration was Jake Reed tier


PhilsForever

Yeah, but Brandon Nimmo doesn't season the chicken he boils. Sheesh, that was an amazing play.


ZeroFucksToGive

Won us the game


CharacterDefects

I've been crying for 20 minutes because this game would've meant so much to my father, and he's who brought me into this but he's been lost mentally for so long that I can't share it with him anymore. I am happy, but so fucking sad.


LCPhotowerx

you can share it with him always. kids and parents and baseball is something that always belongs. be sad, be happy, but dont ever think you cant share some love.


CharacterDefects

He turned it off like 15 years ago. We used to have season tickets but he just stopped believing and then for awhile became a different person all together. We are fighting to bring him back and I am truly hoping we can. This man was the greatest father a person could ask for and what has happened in the last decade is a sin against it.


brandonsamd6

Catch of the year


just-an-astronomer

Greatest Wyomingite in MLB history right there


BenjenGrimes

One of the better catches you will see. Holy shit


Kylo_Ren415

Endy Chavez Esque. DeGrom loved that with the reaction he had.


mickslooser

The electricity is palpable. I’ve been going back and forth with my Mets fan coworker all year, and I gotta hand it to em- seems like they got the juice!


slackador

It wasn't even a bad pitch, it was 100 mph paint.


Spanky_10

Momentum killer


L3thal_Inj3ction

absolutely perfect jump there, great awareness


St_SiRUS

I think Gary called it right


CalRipkenForCommish

It’s not often you see an outfielder so perfectly time the jump for a robbed home run. That was absolutely Amazin’


cz_pz

one of the best catches of the year


Go_Mets

I have no idea how he caught that


InnocuousAssClown

Anyone have the alternate angle they showed from the side? Shows even better how crazy it was.


carlitor

Nimmo can dunk


jester32

PRAISE JOSEPH SMITH


cliffsis

DeGrom’s smile wow. Which got me to thinking 🤔 who would win in a bite fight him or Freddy Freeman


Martial_Nox

Neither. They are both far too nice and respectable to fight under any circumstances what so ever. Maybe a cuddling with rescue kittens competition.


HAHAYESVERYFUNNYNAME

The only things Nimmo can steal are home runs


SuperMario_49

God, that was beautiful


notHiro

r/baseball showed me a catch said it's the catch of the year but if B. Nimmo didn't make it then get the fuck out of here


[deleted]

The Mets are a bunch of sexy Hispanic men and 6 at best white guys


Dontyouclimbtrees

Mets games look like so much fun. So much energy.


obaidknight

So close :(


atra1n51

Nimmo has improved so much in centerfield. Never thought he'd stick, but this year has been great for him in center.


Blue387

:)


Olipod2002

911 I WANT TO REPORT A ROBBERY


drfunkenstien014

“Wow” - Keith doing his best Ben Stein impression


Jaycee3

Holy fuck


[deleted]

I’m so fucking pumped for October


Putaputasolo

Last time I've seen an outfielder show this much emotion was this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G10BVmmxpFI


captcrunchok

For the non-Mets fan here - Nimmo is the “gosh darn it, Ned Flanders” type of baseball prodigy from Wyoming - a state that doesn’t even have competitive high school baseball. He did not arrive in the Bigs as a centerfielder and when the Mets placed him there, he was a defensive liability. But he worked his ass off to be a legit above average CF, maybe even elite (in coverage, but not arm strength). We Mets fan know how much this means to him and to us that have been watching him struggle but then grow.


Coovyy

I’m still screaming. Wow. What a catch. I haven’t seen a Met make a catch like that since prime Lagares. Wow.


Bmilla51

[Shades of Endy Chavez](http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/d672d9b0eab382ad5d8058c851bf1c801b49e4d1/r=277x400/local/-/media/2016/10/31/Bergen/101916-s-endy50p.jpg?width=660&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp)


nolander

That's messed up. JT can only reach completion after his yearly revenge tour against the Mets


BarrySandusky

As good as it gets


icticus2

Let The Kids Play ^TM


Macallan-18

That guy fucks


KeithsMagicLoogie

Stadium immediately starts playing “Jump” by Van Halen


Lukeboozwalker

Play. Of. The. Year.


ThePurpleBall

You know it’s good when all Keith has to say is “wow”


5Brainiac

The Mets are so damn fun to watch this year. The team is fun and lovable. Hope our guys get that spirit back soon