Showing posts with label 2000 NLCS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000 NLCS. Show all posts

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Is Mike Hampton the least popular New York baseball post season hero ever?

Usually post season glory in New York means immortality and a permanent place in the hearts of a passionate fanbase. Somehow that has eluded Mike Hampton.He retired today. Yeah, it's the same Mike Hampton. This isn't like Mike Stanton where one retired and the Marlins got another one.This isn't a Steve Ontiveros situation where somehow two people named Steve Ontiveros made it to the majors.And it

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Wait... was that Mike Hampton?

It think it is.The middle reliever for the D'Backs who let up the go ahead sacrifice fly... the lefty out of the pen. That was Mike Hampton. The same Mike Hampton who helped pitch the Mets into the World Series and then signed with the Rockies in one of the worst contracts in baseball history.The guy who missed nearly 3 seasons to injuries.The guy who I put on the Mets Home Grown vs. Acquired