Tag: Howie Rose

Mets broadcaster Howie Rose had a perfect eulogy for the team after an amazing 2024 season

This was a PERFECT summary of the season.

The miraculous New York Mets season has officially concluded after falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS.

It was a tough way to go out for the Mets after coming within two victories of facing the Yankees in a crosstown rivalry rematch of the 2000 MLB World Series. Instead, however, baseball fans will get to see two juggernauts of the sport face off on the biggest stage as Shohei Ohtani takes on Aaron Judge.

For the Mets fans who are feeling sad about coming up short, however, no one better contextualized all of the emotions than legendary radio broadcaster Howie Rose.

HOWIE ROSE: Mets played the Pete Alonso home run radio call on the plane and everyone cheered

Late in the game against the Dodgers, he reflected on the wild ride that led the Mets to where they landed on Sunday night.

Here is how Rose started his monologue:

“If you are emotionally invested in this Mets team and you’re sad right now, it’s certainly understandable. But I promise you that won’t take long to wear off … Because once the immediate disappointment … here wears off, you’ll realize what an incredible ride this team took you for this year. Started out 0-5, showed some signs of life before they fell to eleven games under the .500 mark, and a lot of people had them written off right there.”

The start of this is similar to the call Mets announcer Gary Cohen made on SNY when the team clinched a playoff berth.

GARY COHEN: Mets announcer delivered perfect call after New York stunningly made the playoffs

Rose continued:

“When you’re lying around during the offseason anticipating the next one and you think about what the 2024 Mets were all about, you won’t be able to keep yourself from smiling. Remember the talk over the winter? Transitional year. They’re punting on the season. Well, they’ve kicked all the way to the sixth game of the National League Championship Series.”

The Mets were not expected to have a contending season, trading away staff aces Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer last year.

2023 MLB TRADE DEADLINE: The Mets won by giving up (nearly) everything they could

But instead, they did the unthinkable and went as far as they could.

Here is more from Rose:

“I’ll say this on a personal level: I was 15 years old when they won the 1969 World Series. That’s 55 years ago. So you can do the math yourself. But I’ll just say this about the 2024 New York Mets. This 70 year kid feels 15 all over again. You can watch baseball for a lot of years and never see the run that the Mets went on during this postseason and even the days prior.”

If that didn’t give you full body goosebumps, who knows what could?

But here is an edit of Rose’s words with some music and some mesmerizing highlights of the season behind it.

That should give some added emotion and context that could make you tear up a bit if you are a fan.

[lawrence-auto-related count=5 category=1374]

Mets radio legend Howie Rose delivered an unforgettable call of Francisco Lindor’s Game 4 grand slam

What a call from Howie Rose.

The New York Mets completed a decisive 2024 NLDS victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night at Citi Field, thanks in part to superstar shortstop Francisco Lindor.

In the bottom of Game 4’s sixth inning, Lindor hit an absolutely seismic grand slam to give the Mets a 4-1 lead that the team didn’t relinquish for the rest of the ball game.

Without Lindor’s heroics, it’s fair to wonder if the Phillies could’ve tied the series up and sent it back to Philadelphia for Game 5. Thanks to them, however, New York fans don’t have to think about that scenario.

To make it all that much better, beloved Mets radio broadcaster Howie Rose delivered a truly phenomenal call of Lindor’s grand slam, which you can hear below.

[lawrence-auto-related count=3 category=1374]

Mets played the Pete Alonso home run radio call from Howie Rose on the plane and everyone cheered

Rose gave a handshake to Alonso after this incredible moment.

The New York Mets had an improbable and remarkable comeback victory thanks to an amazin’ home run from slugger Pete Alonso.

Alonso, who immediately he crushed that thing over the fence, will help lead New York to the NLDS after securing a surprising but crucial postseason win over the Brewers.

The home run was outstanding but so was the radio call from longtime Mets radio broadcaster Howie Rose (perhaps the best of his entire career). It was so awesome, in fact, that the franchise decided to play it on the speakers of the team plane.

METS: The radio call of Pete Alonso’s go-ahead ninth inning HR is so awesome

Rose, understandably, seemed a bit uncomfortable to hear the sound of his own voice at first.

But emotions cooled as the entire team cheered for him, some even getting to their feet to give him a standing ovation.

The announcer saluted the players in the back for their hard work on the field, high-fiving staffers and giving a handshake to Alonso himself for the accomplishment.

[lawrence-auto-related count=5 category=1374]