Remember this Great World Baseball Game?

With the rosters for the WBC announced, it brought back some memories of the young tournament, and got me pumped up for the upcoming edition. If you didn't watch the game the first time around, and/or never saw these clips, besides quite possibly being one of the best highlight videos ESPN has ever put together, it is also a perfect example of how awesome the World Baseball Classic can be. Every player on both the Puerto Rican team and the United States team played this game with championship intensity, including 3 All-Time Great Mets (4 if you include Nelson Figueroa.)

One could argue this is THE great Met highlight reel of 2009.

Yes, the timing of the WBC is rough, and some would argue they should save that intensity for their respective teams and cities.

But I don't think one can argue that it isn't good for the game to have this kind of talent level all pooled together to produce an all-time great baseball highlight such as this one.

This is good for the longevity of the game and its market on an international level.

Roll the Tape, Youtube.

(Look out for David Wright's Kickass Home Plate Slide)

U. NITED. STATES.

LET'S. GO. METS.

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I Gloat More Now, With Internet

I'm so happy I prophesied the Mets New Hat.

Hey, look, I know I'm not the first person to come across this hat and say it would work.

But I'm going to use it as a jumping point.

People should start listening to me when I say this team is going places.

They should listen to me when I say that this team has found stability in a front office building from the ground up while their owners get their shit together again.

I came across someone recently who was longing for the days of Omar Minaya.

In fact, the exact quote was, "Where have you gone, Omar Minaya? Mets nation turns it's lonely eyes to you."

Wait...Really?

I can't fathom anyone in their right mind longing for the days of Omar Minaya. It was too scattered.

Yeah, he got us '"back on the map" for the latest highpoint on the Mets Rollercoaster, but his flaws got extremely exposed extremely quickly in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and then the bottom fell out, and his decisions made the Madoff Mess that much more impactful because the team sucked and a bunch of fans didn't go to their new stadium. Like a good amount of us said when Sandy and Co. got here, "The adults have arrived." Their goal is to bring long-term stability to a franchise that has been too much like their Brooklyn Farm Club's Namesake. And they are doing it. Why should I complain? Though they haven't won in the 2nd half yet, there is still a sense of direction, at every level of the organization.

Plus, something this team has never had.

I'm sorry if some of you cannot see that direction yet.

I still look forward to celebrating with all of you when that trophy makes its way up Broadway.

And hey, even I can't prophesize everything.

But I sure like watching The Show unfold.

I'm not going to complain about much.

...Except the fact the Mets haven't made the new hat available for purchase yet.

That I'll complain about all day.

FLUSHING. BASEBALL.

LET'S. GO. METS.

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