As a lifelong braves fan i hated that 06 mets team they had so many great hitters...I'll never forget being 12 years old having the privelege of watching a 4 game series between them and the braves just to watch the mets sweep and Delgado and beltran each hit a grand slam in the same inning one game

I have such fond memories of that team, to this day I feel like that was our best lineup in my lifetime, and I'm still upset they only got one postseason trip out of it

As a young Phillies fan I remember Delgado being absolutely terrifying and yet a player I admired when he was with the Mets, that despite the Phillies having a young Ryan Howard who was historically good himself for his first couple of years, who succeeded one of my all time favorite players in Jim Thome.

Like other non-Mets fans' sentiments, I was in a similar position, though my time was more in his dominance of my Mariners early 2000s. Because of his absolute dominance of our pitching, he was a consistent target from fans as the bat to pursue. In his FA season after 2004, though, he wanted more of a sure competitor than the just-collapsed Mariners and was willing to wait out the market. Upper management of the M's, however, wanted to move fast for their FA acquisitions for that year... and... weren't nearly as close to competing as they led themselves into believing.

Power Pros and MVP Baseball 04/05 are a huge reason I first got into baseball as a kid. I remember that create-a-player (Road to the Show esque) mode in Power Pros and feeling so defeated when I got cut once and my career ended. So much nostalgia between those three games.

Right, he looked like he was swinging a toothpick. It’s crazy

Completely agree. Such an amazing game

Saaaame

McGriff just got in

Carlos was the best. When he got one and done. I talked to him on twitter about it, he replied "thanks man". Not just a hall of famer, an all round cool guy.

If Jim fucking Rice is in the hall, Carlos should be

He did not LEAVE THE JAYS

He was like 37 years old when that injury happened, he definitely could've hit 500 but almost no way in hell he gets to 600. Definitely belongs in the HOF though. Him and Jim Edmonds are probably the biggest non steroid HoF snubs from that era.

If McGriff is in than Delgado should be in (they both should be)

Y'all are high. Delgado is nowhere near the HoF. He's like not even one of the top 50 first baseman ever. Delgado is basically Mark Texiera with worse defence and nobody anywhere thinks Mark Texiera is a a hall of famer.

@@unkledoda420 yes he would he barely declining, only need 27 homerun, which he should done in 2 more years why you hating so much

@@AD-df5tm did you watch the video bud

I concur as a fellow Jays fan. It didn't help that we had Gord Ash (and then JP Ricciardi) as our GM.

In all fairness... that Division was brutal during Delgado's prime and the Jays didn't have the Budget nor the Market to recruit superstars like the Red Sox and Yankees. I think they made the right decision to invest in the Farm System and emphasize their player development in the D.R which is why they are able to compete today without big free agent signings on a limited budget. Had they Not done that, they would be as bad as the Angels or Pirates. Not saying those GMs were good but just another viewpoint

@@user-zlxelaZz You are correct that Boston and New York dominated the AL East mainly due to their payroll stranglehold at that time. However, there were a few great seasons that the Jays had between 1998-2008, which could've resulted in a playoff berth or two had Ash or Ricciardi supplemented the roster with trade deadline acquisitions that would've put the Jays over the hump (obviously not an expensive player as the payroll wasn't there) and many of the moves they made in general hurt the team long term (trading away Michael Young was the most glaring move). I'm glad that "Shatkins" have finally turned the culture of this team in the right direction.

@@KardiFan2000 You have great memory and I was very surprised by the limited success of Ricciardi since he was part of Beane's core circle of baseball analytics and they over-achieved with a limited budget & market. But then you see the success of his predecessor Alex Anthopoulous which makes me curiously wonder how he could be sandwiched by 2 award winning GM's but have limited results during his tenure? Was it the Ownership? The "Steroid era?" that contaminated stats but if so how did they succeed in Oakland under that same period? Did his system/mgmt need more time to yield results since the Team was an early adopter of Sabermetrics? So much promise/potential with his hire but ended in mediocre results. Nevertheless, MLB was in its heyday and it was both a pleasure and disappointment to see how much it has fallen. Low ratings, politically influenced decision making and the budget disparity has just grown even greater. Its amazing how the Rays and Guardians can stay competitive which gives the Jays hope that they can always be a contender in the AL.

Went to a mariners vs blue jays game at safeco when I was a kid and he signed a baseball for me and gave me a fist bump something I'll never forget he was my fav baseball player growing up too

I remember watching him hit 4 homeruns in a single game. I even remember it was an afternoon game! One of my favorites.

Alomar and Delgado two of the greatest Puerto Rican and Blue Jays players of all time there needs to be a push for Carlos to the HoF

THE TEAM THE TIME

39 yr old angel fan and if I remember right he use to torch us

Veterans commitee

If you're a fan of Stieb, check out the 4 part documentary of him by Jon Bois. Incredible series and shows how dominant he was on the early 80's.