Tag: Brandon Nimmo

The Mets hit back-to-back-to-back HRs and the luckiest good dog got their paws all over a ball

A round of a-paws for this lucky fan.

While their crosstown neighbors were enjoying a historic night of home runs and some overzealous, courageous fans, the Mets were having their own homer paw-ty on Tuesday.

With New York taking on the Nationals (+1.5) and starter Paolo Espino in the second game of a doubleheader, the first three people in the Mets’ lineup — Brandon Nimmo, Franciso Lindor, and Jeff McNeil — wasted no time shelling the pitcher. After Nimmo launched a solo shot to give the Mets an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, Lindor would follow with his own homer. As would McNeil.

Yes, the Mets went back-to-back-to-back in the first inning. But that’s not the main story, folks. What you simply have to know is that the most adorable golden retriever eventually, uh, retrieved Lindor’s homer in the upper deck.

And this Most Valuable Puppy’s joy at holding an All-Star level player’s dinger up was evident and so, so cute:

If that good boy/girl was having a ruff day beforehand, there’s no way getting Lindor’s home run ball didn’t lift their spirits.

Mets’ Brandon Nimmo committed stunning home run robbery to the absolute delight of Jacob deGrom

Jacob deGrom could not believe his eyes!

Brandon Nimmo just made baseball’s catch of the year, no doubt!

On Wednesday, the New York Mets were hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers in a battle of two of the NL’s top teams. With the Mets leading 2-1 at the top of the seventh, Justin Turner stepped up to bat against Jacob deGrom looking to knock home the tying run.

And Turner nearly did it, if not for Nimmo’s phenomenal catch deep in center field. In nearly the deepest part of the field, Nimmo was able to make a running leap of a grab on this blast from Turner to rob a sure-fire home run and keep the Mets ahead in the game.

Seriously, this is a catch you have to see.

Wow! And look at deGrom too, who was absolutely delighted by Nimmo’s catch that kept the Mets in the lead. Just an incredible individual effort from Nimmo on this play.

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Yankees’ Nestor Cortes Jr.’s bizarre, delayed windup made a Mets hitter laugh

It’s apparently not a balk!

The last time we featured New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr., he was trying anything and everything to get Shohei Ohtani out — delaying his windup, fast pitching, changing his arm slot … and it worked!

On Sunday, Cortes Jr. got the start in the second game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets, and while facing Brandon Nimmo, he messed with the outfielder’s timing by starting his windup, delaying a little bit and then firing. It was a ball, but it didn’t matter — it was awesome and Nimmo was laughing like the rest of us.

This is Cortes’s thing, and it’s delightful!