Howie Rose has seen plenty of Mets baseball in his life, but even he seemed stunned when Kirk Nieuwenhuis took Papelbum deep Tuesday night. How could you not?
Sure, this Mets season has been a magical ride, but not sure anyone expected that Tuesday. Think about it, a guy the Mets released because he was so bad, went to another team and got released because he was so bad and the Mets picked him up for nothing, hit one of the biggest home runs in recent memory. Even sweeter, it was against a clown like Papelbum, who has a history of giving up big Mets home runs (just ask Omir Santos and JV1).