gesture toward the crowd. After so many innings of unrelenting rain, the sound of Weiss's bat hitting the ball was less a crack than a damp squish. Pratt jogged to first and Dunston trotted home with the tying run. They cut him no slack for playing with a shredded left knee and a sore ankle and a barking shoulder and a year's worth of accumulated wear from acrobatic play at third base. The only way to get the mojo back was to mention it as little as possible. The left knee that had to be drained shortly thereafter.Ventura's last full day off came on July 8. He made the last out in a crushing extra-inning loss to the Braves on September 30 that pushed his team two games out of the wild card picture with three games left on the schedule. The second game, the previously scheduled game, did not start until 8:47 PM, and Robin Ventura’s grand slam off of As quoted by Arizona reporters after the first game, Ventura had two grand slams once before May 20, 1999 when he hit two slams on September 4, 1995 for the White Sox against the Texas Rangers in a 14 – 3 game. The outfield had all the traction of a Slip & Slide. He let it be known he'd welcome a call from the Padres, but San Diego was shedding payroll rather than adding it (so much so, Sports Illustrated When the Mets came calling, Ventura's choices were down to New York or oblivion. It was on this date in 1999 that Robin Ventura, perhaps best known in Mets lore for his “Grand Slam Single”, became the only player in MLB history to hit a grand slam in both games of a double header.. Ryan didn't take kindly to that sort of thing.
The Braves would win Game 6 to win the NLCS. By September, the Shea Stadium PA system blasted the end of "L.A. Woman" each time the Mets won.
The Braves then lost the The play remains one of the most memorable moments in Mets postseason history. Imagine the kind of attention you'd get if you went deep with the frequency of a McGwire. Therefore, a walk-off grand slam in a tie game would have officially been scored as a single, and only one run would count. They're mobbing him before he can get to second base! Maddux, an accomplished bunter, flat out missed a pitch for strike three, leaving the runner advancing from third a dead duck.Such a crowd-pleasing screwup could inspire a home team to victory. 1999 NLCS, Gm 5: Robin Ventura's grand slam single - YouTube The first grand slam, off of Jim Abbott, was hit in front of a lot of empty seats as the game was started at 4:20 as a make up from the rain out the night before.
The game would proceed unimpeded by weather, provided it didn't run too long.The Mets were less concerned with the storm brewing down south than the one brewing in their clubhouse. Some players might relish the thought. Mora caught up with the ball and fired a relay to Edgardo Alfonzo, who threw home well in time to nail Lockhart and keep the game tied. He If manager Bobby Valentine had any thought of replacing Henderson, those thoughts were precluded when outfielder Roger Cedeño, the team's top base stealer, arrived at Shea complaining of back spasms. Weiss trotted home and continued on his way into a jubilant Braves dugout that was three outs away from a trip to the World Series.When Dotel struck out an overanxious Brian Jordan for the third out, the remaining crowd erupted, as loudly as if the score were reversed. After that he was quiet, a bases-loaded walk in the Reds game the pinnacle of his contribution to the effort.The first round of the postseason against the Arizona Diamondbacks offered more chances for heroics, but those chances were seized by other players. The Braves teased chances before retreating, the Mets were turned aside with nary a whimper.All the while the rain continued to fall. The last year the Mets were in the playoffs, 1988, he opposed them as a Dodger and had practically beaten them all by himself. If Robin Ventura would reenter the limelight, it would have to be kicking and screaming.The war had raged for years and all the shots had been fired by the other side. His fellow pitchers on the Texas Rangers staff followed suit.Chicago offered token resistance that was always reactive, responses to their own hitters getting beaned. Close enough, said the back pages.When Ventura found himself a free agent in the winter of 1998 and Chicago told him thanks but no thanks, Ventura did his best to be a California Guy.