Acce s the Mets beat like never before Dont mi s Mike Pumas text me sages from Queens and beyond hes giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Mets. This was the moment when it felt like the walls were about to cave in for good in that last week Bruce Bowen Jersey of September 1999, and Edgardo Alfonzo was officially lost. The Mets had spent the prior four months playing superb baseball. Just over a week earlier, safely in the playoff picture, theyd flown to Atlanta a game out of first place, intent on catching the Braves. The Braves swept them. Then the Phillies swept them, too, at old Veterans Stadium, and the Braves took two out of three back at Shea Stadium, clinching the division, pouring acid and lime on the remains of the Mets season. They were two games out of the wild card with three to play. Alfonzo? Acro s the seasons first 145 games hed blo somed into a star and a legit MVP candidate (hed finish eighth), hitting .310/.398/.511, 25 homers, 102 RBI, with elite defense at second base. But in the seven-game losing streak that turned the season upside down hed been anemic: four hits in 30 plate appearances, one extra-base hit, one RBI. In the home clubhouse at Shea, just before youd turn left to exit toward the field, the managers office sat on the right. The door was open. Alfonzo noted Bobby Valentine at his desk. He walked in, asked, How are you doing? Johnny Moore Jersey