They both broke my heart that night. I was sitting all the way up in the upper deck of Shea and once Chavez made that catch, I was sure the Mets were going on to the World Series. Interesting fact; The Mets only had hits in the first and ninth inning that night.
@@KTF0 Right, because he didn't swing. You can't hit a damn thing when you leave the bat on your shoulder. Two outs, bases loaded, bottom of the 9th, championship game at home...the exact scenario every kid dreams of growing up with baseball. I know Wainwright's over the top curve was nasty, but the count was 0-2 and Beltran was the 3 hitter. There is no other pitch Beltran should have been looking for. No one could convince me otherwise. The kid in me will never forgive that sucker, but the coach in me thanks him. Watching the 3rd strike go by is a cardinal sin and every kid that has played for me knows that. Thank you Carlos Beltran. Thank you for breaking my heart, but teaching me a valuable lesson. Sorry for the rant. Just watched the game on MLB. Stirred up some ancient emotions.
@@joebyu Wainwright, in the Official 2006 World Series Film, said “I’m going to throw the nastiest curveball I’ve ever thrown [at Carlos Beltran]. If he hits it, I’ll tip my cap at him; if he doesn’t, we’re going to the [World] Series.”
Don't know why people still point the finger at Beltran for this. Dude has been money in the postseason his entire career. No one in the Mets lineup would have hit that pitch.
But he didn't even bother to swing. Everyone in the building knew he was going to get an off speed pitch because Wainwright is an off speed pitcher. Well, except Beltran! He was paid all that money to deliver in that position and he didn't even bother to swing...
He killed the Cards pitching that postseason. I nearly had a heart attack watching him step up to the plate with the bases loaded. To say i was nervous is an understatement. Huge sigh of relief when Wainwright sat him down.
A rookie throwing a 0-2 curveball on the corner for a strike with the bases loaded to the best Postseason hitter and hitter on that year , ... Cards def earned this
Venthos Yeah, this one The Cardinals earned(In 2006). But in 2011, they lucked out solely because Texas Choked in Game 6. Not once, BUT TWICE, the Rangers were One Strike Away from Winning The World Series. But they(The Rangers) could not get it done.
Propayne I know the feeling. Only other time I was this nervous was when the 2011 World Series, game 6. Beltran absolutely owned Cardinals pitching and scared the hell out of me.
I was 19 years old at a college party in PA, a lifelong cardinal fan. Everyone around me was rooting for the Mets. When wainwright threw that hook I screamed and threw my hands up accidentally knocking a drink out of someone’s hands. One of the best memories in my life when it comes to baseball. Of course, there’s 2011...
not the fact that they blew the East the next two years.....losing the WS in 2015....losing to the giants in the play and your in game in 2016. But this....something that happened that long ago still bothers you?
Yup he should have swung at that first pitch fastball. Adam wainwright's curve was perfect that evening. You could not hit that pitch if you wanted too. There was to much movement on the ball. At best the squeeze play would have tied it up. No one would have expected it. Willie was playing for the Yankee big hit and not small ball. In the situation down by one you play the small ball and start your arms in the bullpen. That was the Mets year and they were the best team in all of baseball. Love Willie but he strategically and tactically played that inning all wrong.
Will never forget this. Amazing. A true testament to how brilliant Yadi is at calling games. Decided to go with the first pitch changeup, which set up the rest of the at bat. Show him a curve just outside of the zone on pitch 2. Up 0-2, you might think a pitcher wastes one, tries to get the hitter to chase out of the zone. Nope. Beltran is a smart hitter. Notice how Molina touches his glove to the dirt right before the final pitch is delivered, guarantee this is to throw Beltran off and get him thinking that nasty curve was just going to be a ball in the dirt. Too bad for Carlos and the Mets.
As a mets fan, it's still hard to watch. Only cause he went down looking. A swing and miss would have been so much better. But the pitch was nasty as hell
Eric Hartstein I still remember watching it on TV like it was yesterday my eyes were glued on my knees hoping to see a walkoff game winning hit and he was just fooled it took one pitch to just suddenly crush my chances of seeing the Mets play in a world series
It just sucked extra hard because this was the great playoff hero that they paid a good chunk of money to come help deliver a title to Mets franchise and fan base. I even remember watching this before we closed the store I worked at. I was like YES Let's gooooooooo! This is the guy we want up! At best hoping for a game winning 3 run HR. At worst a single to keep the train rolling and perhaps make it 3-2. I didn't even bother watching the World Series after this one. Especially seeing how the Cards easily swept the Tigers. To many what ifs and feelings of blowing a sure title opportunity.
Could anyone in history really face a pitch like that 0-2 on the outer half? Truthfully? Can’t blame anyone but yadi and waino making that pitch unhittable.
+Lou Albino good pitch but to this day (2/23/16) I'm am still SOOOO pissed about that. the one time he doesn't hit the ball is when we need him the most. #mets2016
JBILLZ 20/20 agreed. The best pitch he got to hit was the first one. Fastball and he didn't swing. Beltran choked plain and simple. So disappointing, I truly believe 06 was the year we would have won the WS had we continued on.
Yeah as a Met fan this was tough to watch.... They had bases loaded too... Beltran was totally fooled on that pitch... What can anyone say really it was a nasty curveball that just dropped right in over the plate there was nothing Beltran could do really people say yeah but you have to protect the plate in that spot but trust me it was a perfect pitch Beltran was just thinking it would probably be off the plate but he guessed wrong... it happens... tough loss for Mets fans to take but that's history...
I have to say that Tony La Russa was one of the smartest managers in baseball.... His scouting reports were dead on target... The Mets couldn't hit curveballs to save their lives... The outcome? Just keep throwing curveballs out of the strike zone & they will keep swinging at them... The result Cardinals win....
***** No shit... Oh & if you remember that hobbling Cliff Floyd just missed hitting a home run but hit it foul & was just out in front of that previous pitch before he made out...
***** Really? Well let's look at that for a moment shall we..... (A.) It was game 7 of the NLCS (B.) He had power & wasn't put in there for any other reason but to either hit it out or get on base - had he gotten on base someone would have pinch ran for him anyway ... So what do you mean he shouldn't have been used? Who else on the bench had his power to end the game with one swing which he almost did.... Yeah he was hurt but nothing to effect his swing & The Mets were desperate for runs...
***** I agree it was a tough pitch, however we must look at two things. First is the situation. Any person who played any baseball would tell you 3 2 count bottom of the ninth you have to swing at those close pitches. Second is the talent. Carlos Beltran is extremely talented. And you can tell he knew he messed up. Its funny because the year after I believe Tom Glavine threw an awful game against the worst team at the time the nationals to complete one of the worst collapses in mlb history.
This still gives me goosebumps man. Huge huge moment for STL fans, kinda feel sorry for Mets fans still. Remember, Beltran was pretty hated here as a "killer B" Astro. Who would have known the Cardiac Cards would pick up both Beltran and Berkman late in their careers, both putting up pretty solid numbers, with Berkman nailing down clutch hits in the '11 Series. God i love baseball. (And Wainwright is still pitching, effectively at 39). Wait, there's Scott Speizio and Jeff Suppan highlights too, oh my later!
Lifelong Mets fan here. This is number 1 on my list of most heartbreaking losses. I'll never forget how I felt my stomach sink when he went down. Such a promising season. That pitch was wicked af.
That first pitch changeup fucked his whole mind set up. Only grip I had was he should be swinging with 2 strikes, but I can’t even imagine what that situation must feel like. I was 16 and that shit broke my fucking soul. It still hurts.
It's not like people hate Beltran because he didn't swing. It's because if he had swung and gotten a hit to tie or win the game it would have been one of the most legendary plays in MLB history. Teams don't usually walk-off to win a series on a 2+ rbi hit let alone a potential pennant-winning grand slam.
15 years later, Wainwright is *still* pitching and now as a starter... And still causing Mets fans PTSD every time he strikes one of them out with that curveball.
This was the Mets year. Best record in baseball and they seemed destined to win. But then late in the year, injuries to Sanchez (best relief pitcher) and El Duque (playoff pitcher beast) really hurt our chances. And then, of course, Aaron FUCKING Heilman giving up the late homerun like he ALWAYS did. Oh well.
The game that solidified him a scrub for me was an interleague play game I went to against the Orioles up 4-0 in the 8th with billy up in the pen he gives up 8 runs including a grand slam to Melvin mora
Ain't gonna lie.......I was nervous as a cat right about now . The ONE guy I didn't want to see at the plate at this very moment of this very game . After Chavez phenomenal snow cone catch robbing Scott Rolen of a go ahead 2 run homerun you could just feel the momentum change even more in the Mets favor . I certainly had that all too familiar sinking feeling at that moment . Thankfully , a very young Yadier Molina stepped up big for the Cards in the 9th. and got it right back . Wainwright somehow nailed it down and the clinch was on . What a maddening series !
I was floored when Yadier hit that 2 run bomb in the 9th. I was ready to give up on the season when Endy Chavez took back that home run ball hit by Scott Rolen earlier in the game. I just said, well, it's been a good year. The momentum is so going with the Mets now.
this was the Mets' year. Such a dark day. I remember this play so vividly and I was only 7 years old. They had a squad too, Reyes, wright, delgado, Beltran, valentine, Billy Wagner, glavine, and more. So sad
S Levin 1988 seemed like their year too, but at least they had just won the World Series before that. They hadn't been in the playoffs in 6 years and had a dominant squad. Worst year ever for a Met fan.
Part of why Willie got fired, there was no excuse not to get to the WS with that group, the cardinals were clearly not in the same category as them n they outclassed them
its 2020 and I still had an emotional response watching this... I was 14 when this moment shattered my heart to pieces, apparently, it still has the same effect.
Not a Mets fan or a Cards fan... but what happened to Beltran in that at bat? This is a guy who everyone agrees was a great hitter, "murdered" Cardinals' pitching, etc. Yet, in the biggest at bat maybe of his life, he takes a first-pitch fastball for a strike, swings at something out of the zone, and then gets wrung up on what was, granted, a great pitch. Did the moment get to him? I would find that hard to believe.
Never noticed that when Beltran is down 0-2 that yadi doesn’t flash wainwright any signs. He just puts a balled up fist down. Makes sense tho. There’s only 1 pitch in the world that waino was gonna throw him 😂. #UncleCharlie
Credit to Wainwright for executing those pitches, but credit to Molina for calling them. Molina took charge of the situation and led Wainwright through that at-bat. It was a nerve-wracking situation and throwing Beltran any sort of fastball would've been dangerous. But Molina did what good leaders do - he took responsibility and instilled calm in the pitcher and told him, "Don't worry, I'll call the pitch, you throw it.
Considering the moment, it's not game 113 of the regular season or even game 3 of a playoff series, game 7 bases loaded the freaking pennant hangs in the balance no tomorrow for the losing team and considering the count to go off speed strike with that guy at the plate?? A guy that Cardinal fans had more than enough of with Houston...it's in the debate of greatest pitches
@JCA I am! As a Cardinals fan, the AP story on the firing started with "Carlos Beltran, called out on a curveball again." So beautiful. I could watch this on loop and never get tired of it.
What masterful curve are you people seeing? He lobbed a curve with minimal motion that he could have easily wasted foul or at least gone down swinging. Whole at bat his eyes looked glazed over like a baby overdue for a nap. Then the sign scandal. Get this dude out of the Mets organization and don’t even consider him for manager for a single moment.
Its not a masterful 12 to 6 curve and yeah Beltran should have been swinging, but it was still a damn good curve to confuse Beltran for a second, leaving the bat on his shoulder.
If he would have connected on this hanging pitch it could have been a bases clearing double or even a grand slam. The ball had alot of hang time but at the same time was a nasty pitch. Ahhh what could have been. Still and will always be proud of our 2006 Mets, they gave it all they could and that Chavez catch was AMAZING!!! LETS GO 2015 METS
The 06 Mets got dealt a bad hand right before the playoffs started when they lost HOFer Pedro Martinez and longtime postseason stalwart El Duque Hernandez (their Game 1 and 2 starters) right before the playoffs started. They went from heavy National League favorites to even money at best. It left them having to start John Maine (16 starts all season) and Oliver Perez (only with the team since the trade deadline and 3-13 on the season) twice each in a championship series. It was a testament to how good their team was that they swept the first round and made it to Game 7 of the LCS even with a skeleton crew of a starting staff.
that ball started at beltran's face and ended at his knees... wainwright threw a great sequence still come back for my yearly disappointment as a mets fan
The longest at-bat of my life. Beltran murdered our pitching that year and I seriously thought he was gonna strike again and send us packing. Thankfully Waino unleashed a nasty hook to put them away!
That might be the greatest curveball ever thrown in a situation like that. If you're a hitter guessing fastball up at the plate, and the pitcher throws that, there's nothing you can do.
It’s sad that even though Beltran had good seasons with the Mets he will always be remembered for this moment. Hopefully he can be a amazing manager and bring the Mets a World Series
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Wainwright and Molina. The night the dynamic duo we know and love was officially born.
Loved 😩😭😭
They both broke my heart that night. I was sitting all the way up in the upper deck of Shea and once Chavez made that catch, I was sure the Mets were going on to the World Series. Interesting fact; The Mets only had hits in the first and ninth inning that night.
This is the moment Beltran decided he needed a system to steal signs.
I don't understand why he needed to do that.
He wanted a title
No way he hits that even if he knew what was coming.
@@KTF0 Right, because he didn't swing. You can't hit a damn thing when you leave the bat on your shoulder. Two outs, bases loaded, bottom of the 9th, championship game at home...the exact scenario every kid dreams of growing up with baseball. I know Wainwright's over the top curve was nasty, but the count was 0-2 and Beltran was the 3 hitter. There is no other pitch Beltran should have been looking for. No one could convince me otherwise. The kid in me will never forgive that sucker, but the coach in me thanks him. Watching the 3rd strike go by is a cardinal sin and every kid that has played for me knows that. Thank you Carlos Beltran. Thank you for breaking my heart, but teaching me a valuable lesson. Sorry for the rant. Just watched the game on MLB. Stirred up some ancient emotions.
Typical of the Mets they got him because of his great postseason play for OTHER teams,an in his time as a Met this is what most fans remember him for.
i remember watching this live with my pops and brother and we were just stunned at that curve. what a pitch
Yooooo pad
that 06 mets team was crazy man. obviously I was happy with this result but it was hard to believe that era of the mets franchise didn't go deeper.
“The nastiest curveball I’ve ever thrown.”
-Adam Wainwright, 2006.
Did he actually say this?
@@joebyu Wainwright, in the Official 2006 World Series Film, said “I’m going to throw the nastiest curveball I’ve ever thrown [at Carlos Beltran]. If he hits it, I’ll tip my cap at him; if he doesn’t, we’re going to the [World] Series.”
Uncle Charlie
Don't know why people still point the finger at Beltran for this. Dude has been money in the postseason his entire career. No one in the Mets lineup would have hit that pitch.
Yeah it wasn't beltrans fault, that was an awesome curveball
But he didn't even bother to swing. Everyone in the building knew he was going to get an off speed pitch because Wainwright is an off speed pitcher. Well, except Beltran! He was paid all that money to deliver in that position and he didn't even bother to swing...
he got fooled bro you wanna be up there with your season on the line as the last chance against a stud no less.
What? He's a Major League Baseball player and should at least swing. I've seen that hit foul so you never know...
He killed the Cards pitching that postseason. I nearly had a heart attack watching him step up to the plate with the bases loaded. To say i was nervous is an understatement. Huge sigh of relief when Wainwright sat him down.
Remember watching this live. Almost 20 years ago and now Wainwright is retired. Thank you for the great memories
A rookie throwing a 0-2 curveball on the corner for a strike with the bases loaded to the best Postseason hitter and hitter on that year , ... Cards def earned this
Venthos
Yeah, this one The Cardinals earned(In 2006). But in 2011, they lucked out solely because Texas Choked in Game 6. Not once, BUT TWICE, the Rangers were One Strike Away from Winning The World Series. But they(The Rangers) could not get it done.
@@Jiltedin2007 cards are a resliant team brother..they always have been.
Jiltedin2007 Don’t disrespect what the cardinals did that year. The Rangers choked, but the cardinals made them choke. They earned it in 2011 too.
@@Jiltedin2007 If Cruz could catch a fly ball, it would have been different..
Roberto a
The Next Batter Up after David Freese did hit A Deep Fly Ball to Right that Nelson Cruz did catch sending Game 6 into Extra Innings.
I get PTSD flashbacks whenever I see Beltran at the plate.
lol that's fucked up
You shouldn't he's raking on the Rangers.
Propayne I know the feeling. Only other time I was this nervous was when the 2011 World Series, game 6. Beltran absolutely owned Cardinals pitching and scared the hell out of me.
Kenny Baker LOL
Kenny Baker Waaaaahhhh lol
I was 19 years old at a college party in PA, a lifelong cardinal fan. Everyone around me was rooting for the Mets. When wainwright threw that hook I screamed and threw my hands up accidentally knocking a drink out of someone’s hands. One of the best memories in my life when it comes to baseball. Of course, there’s 2011...
13 years later and this still hurts to watch.
not the fact that they blew the East the next two years.....losing the WS in 2015....losing to the giants in the play and your in game in 2016. But this....something that happened that long ago still bothers you?
Word
Why do I torture myself?
13 years later and I can still watch it on loop and never get tired of it. :)
You guys should have used buzzers
Wainright is freaking nasty. Beltran was straight fooled by that pitch. Cardinals would go on to win their 10th World Series title.
He knows he should have swung at the first pitch
Exactly
Yeah
Yup he should have swung at that first pitch fastball. Adam wainwright's curve was perfect that evening. You could not hit that pitch if you wanted too. There was to much movement on the ball. At best the squeeze play would have tied it up. No one would have expected it. Willie was playing for the Yankee big hit and not small ball. In the situation down by one you play the small ball and start your arms in the bullpen. That was the Mets year and they were the best team in all of baseball. Love Willie but he strategically and tactically played that inning
all wrong.
@@Kew0976 first pitch was actually a change up which Beltran wasn't looking for despite it was down the middle.
That 1st pitch was on a tee smh
Will never forget this. Amazing. A true testament to how brilliant Yadi is at calling games. Decided to go with the first pitch changeup, which set up the rest of the at bat. Show him a curve just outside of the zone on pitch 2. Up 0-2, you might think a pitcher wastes one, tries to get the hitter to chase out of the zone. Nope. Beltran is a smart hitter. Notice how Molina touches his glove to the dirt right before the final pitch is delivered, guarantee this is to throw Beltran off and get him thinking that nasty curve was just going to be a ball in the dirt. Too bad for Carlos and the Mets.
This video brings back memories. What a season. Sure do miss Mike Shannon calling these games. He was one of a kind.
I miss Harry Cary and Jack Buck calling the cardinal games back in the 1960's!!!
i remember i was 16 years old when this happened , i cried watching this inning, literally. I love the Mets!
I was a month old when this happened and I cried because I needed to change my diaper
me too robert, me too.
As a mets fan, it's still hard to watch. Only cause he went down looking. A swing and miss would have been so much better. But the pitch was nasty as hell
Eric Hartstein I still remember watching it on TV like it was yesterday my eyes were glued on my knees hoping to see a walkoff game winning hit and he was just fooled it took one pitch to just suddenly crush my chances of seeing the Mets play in a world series
There's nothing you can do with that pitch man
That uncle Charley was nasty!
I agree.
From a Yankees fan perspective it was nasty. I couldn’t even follow the pitch in real time I had to rewind 3xs. That was definitely the Mets year
Today was the second time Beltran has hurt the Mets by getting caught looking.
Maybe not
The camera work and everyone's face on this is too good. What a legendary moment.
Top 3 Card's moments on my lifetime, not including winning a WS.
This pitch. The David Freese hits. And the moon shot Puljols hit of Brad Lidge.
And Jim edmonds walk off in 04 or 06, I can't remember which year
@@jshadow62 04
little did we know, he would be caught looking again
Ahahaha
Underrated
That is one nasty curveball right there, and in such a high pressure moment. Wow.
It's crazy that it's 2022 and Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina are still playing and are still on the St. Louis Cardinals.
I'm watching their 325th combined start right now.
It just sucked extra hard because this was the great playoff hero that they paid a good chunk of money to come help deliver a title to Mets franchise and fan base. I even remember watching this before we closed the store I worked at. I was like YES Let's gooooooooo! This is the guy we want up! At best hoping for a game winning 3 run HR. At worst a single to keep the train rolling and perhaps make it 3-2. I didn't even bother watching the World Series after this one. Especially seeing how the Cards easily swept the Tigers. To many what ifs and feelings of blowing a sure title opportunity.
Could anyone in history really face a pitch like that 0-2 on the outer half? Truthfully? Can’t blame anyone but yadi and waino making that pitch unhittable.
Ohh you cant do nothing with that pitch at all
I'm a die hard mets fan,but you have to admire that beautiful pitch.
+Lou Albino good pitch but to this day (2/23/16) I'm am still SOOOO pissed about that. the one time he doesn't hit the ball is when we need him the most. #mets2016
Frostii Bletran was great for us when he was healthy, but he was powerless against that phenomenal pitch by Wainwright.
JBILLZ 20/20 agreed. The best pitch he got to hit was the first one. Fastball and he didn't swing. Beltran choked plain and simple. So disappointing, I truly believe 06 was the year we would have won the WS had we continued on.
foul it off :/
Yeah as a Met fan this was tough to watch.... They had bases loaded too... Beltran was totally fooled on that pitch... What can anyone say really it was a nasty curveball that just dropped right in over the plate there was nothing Beltran could do really people say yeah but you have to protect the plate in that spot but trust me it was a perfect pitch Beltran was just thinking it would probably be off the plate but he guessed wrong... it happens... tough loss for Mets fans to take but that's history...
I have to say that Tony La Russa was one of the smartest managers in baseball.... His scouting reports were dead on target... The Mets couldn't hit curveballs to save their lives... The outcome? Just keep throwing curveballs out of the strike zone & they will keep swinging at them... The result Cardinals win....
ogrebattle22763 nasty curveball? ...
***** No shit... Oh & if you remember that hobbling Cliff Floyd just missed hitting a home run but hit it foul & was just out in front of that previous pitch before he made out...
***** Really? Well let's look at that for a moment shall we..... (A.) It was game 7 of the NLCS (B.) He had power & wasn't put in there for any other reason but to either hit it out or get on base - had he gotten on base someone would have pinch ran for him anyway ... So what do you mean he shouldn't have been used? Who else on the bench had his power to end the game with one swing which he almost did.... Yeah he was hurt but nothing to effect his swing & The Mets were desperate for runs...
***** I agree it was a tough pitch, however we must look at two things. First is the situation. Any person who played any baseball would tell you 3 2 count bottom of the ninth you have to swing at those close pitches. Second is the talent. Carlos Beltran is extremely talented. And you can tell he knew he messed up. Its funny because the year after I believe Tom Glavine threw an awful game against the worst team at the time the nationals to complete one of the worst collapses in mlb history.
I feel a lot better knowing that Carlos Beltran didn’t have trash can technology in 2006...
Hate the team not the players.
This still gives me goosebumps man. Huge huge moment for STL fans, kinda feel sorry for Mets fans still. Remember, Beltran was pretty hated here as a "killer B" Astro. Who would have known the Cardiac Cards would pick up both Beltran and Berkman late in their careers, both putting up pretty solid numbers, with Berkman nailing down clutch hits in the '11 Series. God i love baseball. (And Wainwright is still pitching, effectively at 39).
Wait, there's Scott Speizio and Jeff Suppan highlights too, oh my later!
Lifelong Mets fan here. This is number 1 on my list of most heartbreaking losses. I'll never forget how I felt my stomach sink when he went down. Such a promising season. That pitch was wicked af.
This was the moment he decided to start stealing signs
He is in astros now?? Or what?
Beltran gets too much blame for that. Wainwright's curve was a yakker. Totally fooled him. Had to be expecting heat.
As a Mets fan, that curveball still gives me nightmares to this day. I don’t think I’ve ever recovered.
Always liked the way the ump called this strikeout, adds a little flare to the drama
That first pitch changeup fucked his whole mind set up. Only grip I had was he should be swinging with 2 strikes, but I can’t even imagine what that situation must feel like. I was 16 and that shit broke my fucking soul. It still hurts.
It's not like people hate Beltran because he didn't swing. It's because if he had swung and gotten a hit to tie or win the game it would have been one of the most legendary plays in MLB history. Teams don't usually walk-off to win a series on a 2+ rbi hit let alone a potential pennant-winning grand slam.
15 years later, Wainwright is *still* pitching and now as a starter... And still causing Mets fans PTSD every time he strikes one of them out with that curveball.
Such an iconic moment by an iconic Cardinal
Adam Wainwright has one of the best curveballs in the history of the game. In his prime that curveball was unhittable.
He’s still in his prime and he’s 40
I was there. The silence after that pitch was deafening. I cried. Not ashamed.
That curve ball still looks good in 2021. Who woulda thought? GO Cards.
This was the Mets year. Best record in baseball and they seemed destined to win. But then late in the year, injuries to Sanchez (best relief pitcher) and El Duque (playoff pitcher beast) really hurt our chances. And then, of course, Aaron FUCKING Heilman giving up the late homerun like he ALWAYS did. Oh well.
The game that solidified him a scrub for me was an interleague play game I went to against the Orioles up 4-0 in the 8th with billy up in the pen he gives up 8 runs including a grand slam to Melvin mora
David Hasselhoff Actually tied with the Yankees for the best record.
yeah i never liked hellman and never will understand why willie didnt bring in wagner
Gameshowboy 92 Soooooo...best record in baseball
I always hated Aaron Heilman pitching, especially during the 2006 NLCS and the 2007 Regular Season.
Ain't gonna lie.......I was nervous as a cat right about now . The ONE guy I didn't want to see at the plate at this very moment of this very game . After Chavez phenomenal snow cone catch robbing Scott Rolen of a go ahead 2 run homerun you could just feel the momentum change even more in the Mets favor . I certainly had that all too familiar sinking feeling at that moment . Thankfully , a very young Yadier Molina stepped up big for the Cards in the 9th. and got it right back . Wainwright somehow nailed it down and the clinch was on . What a maddening series !
Straight nasty, I was a freshman in high school looking at this...
Trippy that In 2022, Wainwright is still pitching and Molina is still catching…. For the same team.
This same Carlos Beltran nearly took the Cardinals to a World Series win in 2013...
Still remember watching this when I was much younger. Go Cards!
I was floored when Yadier hit that 2 run bomb in the 9th. I was ready to give up on the season when Endy Chavez took back that home run ball hit by Scott Rolen earlier in the game. I just said, well, it's been a good year. The momentum is so going with the Mets now.
this was the Mets' year. Such a dark day. I remember this play so vividly and I was only 7 years old. They had a squad too, Reyes, wright, delgado, Beltran, valentine, Billy Wagner, glavine, and more. So sad
S Levin 1988 seemed like their year too, but at least they had just won the World Series before that. They hadn't been in the playoffs in 6 years and had a dominant squad. Worst year ever for a Met fan.
We didn't win because we didn't have our ace Pedro Martinez and el duque for this series.
@@hadmiar8 You're right Mike, the 2 that got away from the Mets were 88 and 06 NLCS.
Part of why Willie got fired, there was no excuse not to get to the WS with that group, the cardinals were clearly not in the same category as them n they outclassed them
its 2020 and I still had an emotional response watching this... I was 14 when this moment shattered my heart to pieces, apparently, it still has the same effect.
Not a Mets fan or a Cards fan... but what happened to Beltran in that at bat? This is a guy who everyone agrees was a great hitter, "murdered" Cardinals' pitching, etc. Yet, in the biggest at bat maybe of his life, he takes a first-pitch fastball for a strike, swings at something out of the zone, and then gets wrung up on what was, granted, a great pitch. Did the moment get to him? I would find that hard to believe.
A great game and a great curveball by Waino; HR by Yadi. Cardinals went on to win World Series.
Mets fan never forgave Beltran for this.
Damn shame..he was a damn good player for us.
Yep. Assessing his career on this one pitch is about as fair as assessing Bill Buckner's career on one error. That is to say, it is completely unfair.
Never noticed that when Beltran is down 0-2 that yadi doesn’t flash wainwright any signs. He just puts a balled up fist down. Makes sense tho. There’s only 1 pitch in the world that waino was gonna throw him 😂. #UncleCharlie
tbh mets shouldve won the whole thing. the team was stacked.
Postseason plays by its own rules. Mets pitching should have been more dominant against the Royals.
+Brian C (Teddy) Well to be fair the Royals swung at almost every pitch and rarely struck out
+Coolbobawesome The best teams don't always win you should know that.
Christopher Aparicio ik
+Coolbobawesome too many cancers on that team like Paul Loduca(is that Italian for "the dick"?)
One of the most devastating movements of my childhood
I couldn't even get mad at Beltran for that one, damn that was a nasty pitch!
even Barry Bonds would have struck out on that. Heck, babe ruth
I didn't know Daniel Vogelbach played for the Mets in 2006
Credit to Wainwright for executing those pitches, but credit to Molina for calling them. Molina took charge of the situation and led Wainwright through that at-bat. It was a nerve-wracking situation and throwing Beltran any sort of fastball would've been dangerous. But Molina did what good leaders do - he took responsibility and instilled calm in the pitcher and told him, "Don't worry, I'll call the pitch, you throw it.
Greg gibson would be motioning if he was here
Would Robinson make the catch for out number one?
+Robf3433 or is he a wizard from the future while the Dodgers are celebrating in their dugout.
Wait, Robinson was in high school when this happened...
56,000 broken hearts. So sweet.
Dick.... Mets deserved it so much work....
How did the mets deserve it if the Cardinals outplayed them in the End?
***** The winning team is the team that deserves it. Not that hard to understand.
***** were talking sports not a world war you dumb piece of shit.
A I D A N LOL testy much? The Mets should give back that Trophy from '86 then. Cuz, you know, the Socks "deserved it".
Best curveball ever thrown on the history of mlb..in my opinion lol
The odds of this being true seem low. lol
@@JMTavares7 it actually isn't. Lol
I'm a lifelong Cardinals fan. I disagree. I'm going with Greg Maddux there. Or Clayton Kershaw. Some of their hooks were just plain nasty.
Gooden threw curves like that all the time. Best pitcher I’ve ever seen until Straw ruined his life.
Considering the moment, it's not game 113 of the regular season or even game 3 of a playoff series, game 7 bases loaded the freaking pennant hangs in the balance no tomorrow for the losing team and considering the count to go off speed strike with that guy at the plate?? A guy that Cardinal fans had more than enough of with Houston...it's in the debate of greatest pitches
Too bad beltran didn’t have a camera in center field this year
He had over 40 home runs that year. Shut up.
@@loualbino5536 cheating 🤣🤣
It took me the weekend to get over this game.
A lot of great major league hitters here that know what it's like to face a great pitcher throwing great pitches.
Yadi always been clutch
As a cardinals fan my heart was in my stomach when I saw we had to face Beltran for the final out. I was like oh dear god anyone else but him.
Still hurts to this day
Ah, the origins of Uncle Charlie and his nickname
Who’s here after Beltran said he wants to be the manager for the Mets?
Me
welp
he now is\
Nah after he got the job.
@JCA I am! As a Cardinals fan, the AP story on the firing started with "Carlos Beltran, called out on a curveball again." So beautiful. I could watch this on loop and never get tired of it.
I was 7 when I watched this and it still haunts me
And this was the night Wainwright became my favorite pitcher
It's amazing how all three players, pitcher/catcher/batter in this video, are still playing today
That first pitch was the one to hit. Why did he take that, he should’ve been ready to swing
Because Carlo Beltran never swings at the first pitch...
This haunts Mets fan so bad, they hardly remember the team blew late inning leads in game 1, 4, and 5 of the 2015 WS
2006 = Greatest Year Ever
In 2021, Wainwright was a Cy young candidate. Man its incredible how long hes been pitching for the Cards
Willie Mays has "The Catch". Adam Wainwright has "The Pitch".
Considering the stakes this might be the worst AB of all time.
Over 10 years later, and this still hurts, but Endy Chavez will forever be remembered for that amazing catch
15 years now and this is still the one that got away for the Mets. Had a world championship caliber team in 06 no question.
@@ANTHONY0808able for sure, and they choked it away, but choked way worst in 2015
It's about to be 2022 and my boys curve ball looks the same in case you're wondering
Crowd was too loud he couldn’t hear the trash cans.
😂😂😂
Ahh the curveball that broke my heart!!
Pitch #1 was right down the middle…UGH
What masterful curve are you people seeing? He lobbed a curve with minimal motion that he could have easily wasted foul or at least gone down swinging. Whole at bat his eyes looked glazed over like a baby overdue for a nap. Then the sign scandal. Get this dude out of the Mets organization and don’t even consider him for manager for a single moment.
Its not a masterful 12 to 6 curve and yeah Beltran should have been swinging, but it was still a damn good curve to confuse Beltran for a second, leaving the bat on his shoulder.
By revisiting this moment we learned that if Beltran couldn’t hit that pitch that year, nobody else would had.
Happy 10th anniversary!
To this day 10 years ago!
If he would have connected on this hanging pitch it could have been a bases clearing double or even a grand slam. The ball had alot of hang time but at the same time was a nasty pitch. Ahhh what could have been. Still and will always be proud of our 2006 Mets, they gave it all they could and that Chavez catch was AMAZING!!! LETS GO 2015 METS
As a Yankee fan. WTF was Beltran supposed to do with that pitch. Fucking filthy. Probably the greatest pitch Wainwright ever threw.
The 06 Mets got dealt a bad hand right before the playoffs started when they lost HOFer Pedro Martinez and longtime postseason stalwart El Duque Hernandez (their Game 1 and 2 starters) right before the playoffs started. They went from heavy National League favorites to even money at best. It left them having to start John Maine (16 starts all season) and Oliver Perez (only with the team since the trade deadline and 3-13 on the season) twice each in a championship series. It was a testament to how good their team was that they swept the first round and made it to Game 7 of the LCS even with a skeleton crew of a starting staff.
He should have swung at the first pitch! Don't blame the 3rd pitch!
you are correct first pitch right down the pipe
Beltran takes nearly every first pitch. Wants to make the pitcher throw a strike.
@Vincent Cuttolo it was a fastball the first pitch
@Vincent Cuttolo tough location? It was right down the middle lmao
@Vincent Cuttolo right down the middle my guy
that ball started at beltran's face and ended at his knees... wainwright threw a great sequence
still come back for my yearly disappointment as a mets fan
The longest at-bat of my life. Beltran murdered our pitching that year and I seriously thought he was gonna strike again and send us packing. Thankfully Waino unleashed a nasty hook to put them away!
That last pitch broke like a million inches. Nasty.
Kratos?
How crazy that these three would be teammates in a different World Series, witch Carlos also lost, but was maybe the best player. Miss that guy.
And now he is the manager of the Mets.
Not anymore lol
And then he was fired
Ouch. 13 years later, it still cuts deep!
I thought this was the strikeout is what it was but why see the whole pitch sequence?
Nasty curveball
That might be the greatest curveball ever thrown in a situation like that.
If you're a hitter guessing fastball up at the plate, and the pitcher throws that, there's nothing you can do.
It’s sad that even though Beltran had good seasons with the Mets he will always be remembered for this moment. Hopefully he can be a amazing manager and bring the Mets a World Series
This is kind of funny reading a year later