And now, as this Mets postseason rolls on, we come to the feats of strength.
Yoenis Cespedes arrived at Citi Field on Aug. 1, having been acquired the previous day in a trade with Detroit, and the Mets’ universe hasn’t been the same since. Remember when Jerry Seinfeld tweeted this was “a Cespedis for the rest of us,” invoking the famous “Festivus” episode of his legendary sitcom? That has proven to be quite the visionary tweet, the imperfect spelling notwithstanding.
Rarely has a player made the sort of midseason impact that Cespedes did for these Mets, and it goes beyond the mere contributions in the box scores.