{"id":84741,"date":"2020-10-08T18:47:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bobby-jones-big-mets-anniversary-bittersweet-after-tom-seavers-passing\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T18:47:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:47:43","slug":"bobby-jones-big-mets-anniversary-bittersweet-after-tom-seavers-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bobby-jones-big-mets-anniversary-bittersweet-after-tom-seavers-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bobby Jones\u2019 big Mets anniversary bittersweet after Tom Seaver\u2019s passing"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Bobby Jones\u2019 big Mets anniversary bittersweet after Tom Seaver\u2019s passing<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n SAN DIEGO \u2014 Twenty years later, Bobby Jones says, it\u2019s the little things he cherishes most.<\/p>\n

The Mets had just outlasted the Giants, 3-2, in National League Division Series<\/a> Game<\/a> 3 at Shea Stadium, courtesy of Benny Agbayani\u2019s walk-off, 13th-inning homer against Aaron Fultz. Up two games to one in the best-of-five competition, the Mets could have started their ace Mike Hampton on three days\u2019 rest to go for the clincher and avoid a trip<\/a> back to San Francisco for a loser-goes-home Game 5.<\/p>\n

Instead, manager Bobby Valentine tabbed his veteran Jones, who had experienced a rather turbulent 2000 season, for Game 4. The Mets instructed Hampton to fly out west so he would be fully rested for that Game 5 at Pac Bell Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike said, \u2018Oh, no,\u2019\u201d Jones recalled in a recent telephone interview. \u201cNo, I\u2019m staying to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did the Mets ever celebrate. Did Jones ever reward his manager\u2019s faith. He simply provided the Mets, pitching-rich throughout their 59 seasons of existence, with the best-pitched postseason game in their history. The one-hit, two-walk gem, a 4-0 Mets clinching victory en route to their Subway World Series matchup with the Yankees, remains so as it turns 20 on Thursday. Most amazing? Jones threw eight 1-2-3 innings; all the (contained) damage occurred in the fifth inning. That\u2019s when former Met Jeff Kent broke the no-hitter attempt with a leadoff double \u2014 \u201cWho knows? If the ball is three inches lower, maybe (Robin) Ventura catches it,\u201d Jones said \u2014 yet couldn\u2019t score.<\/p>\n