VIDEO: Mets' Minor League Manager Informing Prospects of September Call-ups is Legit Incredible
By Jerry Trotta
It's Sept. 1, folks, you know what that means: clubs around MLB are permitted to add much-needed reinforcements from their minor league ranks for the final month of the regular season. It's truly a tradition unlike any other, and the New York Mets manifested that in the most incredible way possible on Sunday. Check out the Amazins Triple-A skipper Tony DeFrancesco make a speech for the ages while announcing which of his players were getting promoted to the big time.
Did anybody else just get the chills/find themselves choking up/want to run through a brick wall right now? Because we are feeling all of the above.
The touching lecture was capped off by DeFrancesco informing utility man Sam Haggerty of his first call-up to the big leagues, followed by a roaring round of applause from his teammates.
This right here, is what it's all about, folks.