There was a time during the 2021 season when the Bench Mob ran this town. That era happened to coincide with the Mets playing their best and most entertaining baseball, interestingly enough. With injuries running rampant on the roster, the Mets needed their replacement players to perform, and perform they did. Many of them were players that were part of the original 2021 blueprint: Tomás Nido, Jonathan Villar, Kevin Pillar, and José Peraza chief among them. And then there was Patrick Mazeika, the awkward, bearded backup backstop who left his mark on the season with his early flare for the dramatic.
For a brief but glorious time in 2021, Mazeika Magic was the talk of the town
