Last night the US eliminated Puerto Rico and moved into the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic but that's not important. No team sent more players to the WBC than the Mets, and last night's game featured past and (hopefully) future All Stars Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, David Wright, and J.J. (it rhymes with PUTS) Putz. ALL would deliver on the night. Delgado crushed a home run to center field to tie the game at 3. Beltran leapt and took a home run away from Brian McCann to keep the game tied at 3. With Puerto Rico leading by a run in the 8th, Putz retired future hall of fame lock* Ivan Rodriguez, superstar Beltran, and future hall of fame lock* Delgado in order, the last two on strikeouts. I'm sure that'll be a fun conversation in the clubhouse when they all reunite after the classic is over. Anyway, after Phillie J.C. Romero loaded the bases with 1 out, Kevin Youkilis walked to bring David to the plate with the winning on second. With the count in his favor, Wright deliver a soft line drive to right field, much to Jerry Manuel's delight I'm sure, and the US mobbed Wright at second. Don't hurt him, don't hurt my David! I want him nice and strong for the celebration after the World Series when I tie him up in my basement with whips and chains and, wait, what?
* Lock pending steroids investigations
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