Top 10 Moments of 2006 Season

Look back on a memorable year as we countdown the top 10 moments of the Mets’ 2006 regular season.
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[@ajsummers469]

Being a Mets fan that year was insane. So many great games played by them. They had an aura to this team that has been unmatched. Really thought that was the year to win it all. A season that is unforgettable. LFGM!

[@fanofmyselffom7176]

This year feels just as real

[@zacharycolon2476]

Never knew why people were so triggered that Millege gave high fives going back to the field, kid was just living in the moment

[@hmhm856]

I remember Bonds was not happy that Milledge (a rookie) did that. In the post-game interviews (if i remember correctly), he said that MIlledge might have gotten one on his ribs if Mets-Giants played again in 2006

[@chico9412]

He was our top prospect at the time and had a lot of hype behind him too. It was only natural for him and the fans to react that way.

[@realng1836]

@@hmhm856 imagine wanting to hit a somebody in the ribs with a baseball for high fiving fans 😂😂let alone a rookie there’s no fucking way that him high fiving fans makes somebody that mad unwritten baseball rules is just stupid and outdated as hell

[@The_ginjer_ninja]

More pro athletes need to do that being honest. Fans paying those ticket prices affords some of these guys 15 to 20 million a year.

[@JordanJapan]

people are clowns, so easily mad. and they say people today are that way lol

[@chico9412]

Cliff Floyd was and still Is so underrated. Dude was a beast

[@thecmancan]

Hurt too often but I agree.

[@Joemama77777]

1:57 “AND WE’RE GOING HOME” that call still sends chills down my spine. I remember watching this live. Amazing memory from an Amazin’ team.

[@JordanJapan]

I was a freshman in hs this year. Was devastated when we lost to the Cards, but man what a year it was. LFGM

[@PrimetimeGoody]

duuuude finally the reyes inside the park clip. that was the only game I went to in ‘06 and I’ve been looking for that clip for at least a decade now

[@henboyman]

Exactly!!!

[@DragoniteSpam]

The ball had barely just landed and Gary Cohen already called the inside-the-park home run, jesus. Reyes when he was young was something else.

[@logandetwiler4483]

The Beltran walk off home run vs St. Louis and the Endy Chavez catch were some of my favorites

[@NORWOODShadow]

I still cry about this season. This team should have been immortalized. I was at number 3 probably the most exciting game I've ever been to.

[@metsfan31457]

Prime Jose Reyes was hands down the most electric player I've ever seen. At any moment he could spark a rally and get the home crowd back into the game. And the "Jose-Jose-Jose" chants bellowing down from the upper deck.... what a player.

[@williamstrauss172]

i miss this team so so so much

[@thomasramirez718]

That 06 team should have gone and won the World Series, it’s so unfortunate that it didn’t happen. That’s offense was elite.

[@packersauburneric3625]

Ya they were supposed to win we and get Barry zito remember?

[@kapo2012fb]

This team was so dominant that year... it's forgotten about because they lost in the NLCs, but it was a Great season start to finish Honestly 10 moments aren't enough this type of season needs 25

[@hmhm856]

06 Mets could have won 100 games but they rested alot once they clinched with like two and a half weeks left. In my opinion, out of all the Mets team to make the postseason, the 06 Mets was the best Mets lineup ever (though it could be a tie with the 99 mets). Only NL team that gave Mets problems in 06 was the Phillies. And then the Cards in that NLCS 😩

[@kapo2012fb]

@@hmhm856 yeah I know dude

[@hmhm856]

David Wright swing was soooo amazing from 2004-2007. But then beginning in 2008 until he retired, his swing got so long (so he can hit breaking pitches better), that he could barely catch up to fastballs. I remembered how many times Keith and Darling made comments about David's swing to not catch up to fastballs beginning in 2008

[@chico9412]

My favorite mets team ever. The only team that ever made me cry. Still get sad when I think about Beltran striking out looking after all that money he got

[@ekerson]

Mets lots the NLCS mostly because David Wright forgot how to hit for 7 straight games. I like Wright but he was never clutch. 1 walk off hit in his career.

[@loualbino5536]

Beltran was the heart and soul of that offense. The team doesn't make it that year without him. He earned his more and more.

[@hmhm856]

@@loualbino5536 i would say that the 1-2 combo of Reyes-LoDuca was what made the Mets offense lethal in 2006

[@Sebastiancrowe731]

i was 7 when they played, still core memories going to those games

[@marcrapaccuiolo2406]

What I wouldn't give to have David Wright at 3rd base for this yrs Mets

[@ErnestVanGlahn]

Pedro Martinez getting hurt was fatal to this team winning the NLCS.

[@WolvesBaseballNine]

I'm not sure tbh. Game 7 was very winnable and the pitching wasn't really the problem. The Mets got shut down and couldn't come up clutch in the 8th and 9th inning.

[@sportsfan_4891]

It's been 18 years, the 2024 Mets are currently down 3-2 to the Dodgers in the 2024 NLCS and I was drawn to KZbin to watch clips about my favorite baseball team of all-time the 2006 New York Mets. So many what-ifs like the Sanchez taxi accident, Pedro injury and so ... this team should have 100% won it all in 2006. Terrible to think about how it would ultimately end for this team in later years.

[@MrEddiefan]

Post more 2006, 2007, 2008 Mets games please

[@MountainStreamLives]

I was at the Reyes cycle game. A stranger and I hugged.

[@jacobadams549]

As a Yankee fan this team deserved a championship that year

[@MrFaTTz33]

Man. How the hell did this team lose in the NLCS. That shit still ranks my brain. Fucking Beltran smh

[@ekerson]

@Bread And Circuses Wright forgot how to hit for the entire series.

[@Lollorones]

Greatest team that never won a title. I’ll never forget this core

[@alcab6733]

Best mets regular season i have seen. Similar to 86. Great team.

[@WolvesBaseballNine]

2 grand slams in 1 inning is insane. That's hard to do even in a video game lol.

[@manhbx96]

We should have won the World Series that year I love the Mets

[@ScubaSteve925]

Miss this team

[@joselopezmoya9786]

THE 2006 METS HAD AN AWSOME OFFENSIVE BALLCLUB. IMAGINE THEM HAVING THE 2015 PITCHING STAFF OF HARVEY, de GROM, SYNDERGAARD, NEESE. THEY WOULD HAVE WON AT LEAST 110 GAMES, WIPED OUT THE CARDS AND WON THE WORLD SERIES HANDS DOWN.

[@cameroncrabbe4292]

Lastings Thrilledge!

[@aarontmcc1345]

You guys should post all the wins from 2006

[@hmhm856]

No endy chavez catch? I know Mets lost that game, but they also lost the game that Reyes hit for the cycle (Wagner blew the save and game in the 9th)

[@jpthegame7184]

We should have won the world series this year

[@hmhm856]

Or at least win the NL pennant. But the Mets power offense just disappeared for the most part in the NLCS

[@SmoothCriminal12]

@@hmhm856 and against a pretty mediocre St Louis pitching core aside from Chris Carpenter.

[@hmhm856]

@@SmoothCriminal12 I know!! Mets offense smacked Carpenter in games 2 and 6. But Mets offense got spanked four times by Suppan and Weaver. Game 2 is the game that got away

[@henrycalde1991]

@@hmhm856 its a reason I dont want the Cardinals to win anything this yr especially with Molina,Wainwright and Pujols in tow till to this day. If only the Mets would have won that NLCS they would have eaten the Tigers pitching in the WS sans Verlander

[@hmhm856]

@@henrycalde1991 Youre just like me. I hated when the Rangers couldnt beat the Cardinals in the 2011 World Series. And I hated seeing the Cards again make the WS in 2013. And unreal to think that Molina-Wain-Pujols are all still playing for the Cards in 2022. And I also hated how the Cards beat the Mets in that makeup game in Shea Stadium in 2007 in the final week of the season (Joel Pineiro game).

[@letsgomets07]

Easily my favorite Mets team

[@wa2k99]

Jon Miller saying BelTRON always cracked me up

[@jefffrandsen]

Regular season? Endy’s catch was #1 overall

[@MountainStreamLives]

This had to be their best lineup. When cliff floyd bats 6th it’s a good lineup. 99 was good too.

[@MountainStreamLives]

I had a radio under my pillow listening when Beltran took Madson deep.

[@manhbx96]

The Team The Time The Mets

[@MatthewSmith-cv7op]

How about the Anderson Hernandez belly catch?

[@MountainStreamLives]

I love hearing John Miller calling Met games.

[@joselopezmoya9786]

Those were the days. METS' exciting baseball, SHEA STADIUM with 45,000 fans plus and curyain calls. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AT CITIFIELD.

[@The_ginjer_ninja]

The black and blue helmets were atrocious. Mets should just wear Orange and Blue.

[@MaddMan621]

The helmets were lame but I like the black hats with the blue brims. But they should have just been an alternate, they should have never completely replaced the classic blue and orange hats.

[@swordfish8686]

If Duaner Sanchez had only ordered room service

[@Joemama77777]

Literally, we would have AT LEAST made it to the World Series 😢

[@MountainStreamLives]

Had this team had any real starting pitching they would have been an all time team. 97 wins and went into playoffs with John Maine and Oliver Perez leading the charge.

[@JDOG429]

2015 next please!!!

[@nochaserchambers]

One of the greatest teams that didn't win the World Series.

[@MountainStreamLives]

I was at #6

[@letsgomets07]

Best team to never win a chip

[@ejflor1313]

Wtf was Vidro thinking

[@holzman00]

“Strike three and he knew it. Didn’t even get the bat off his shoulder.”

[@RyansColoradoRailProductions]

"Breaking ball, struck him out and the Cardinals have won the pennant!"