Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 1, 1999

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July 31, 1999
Cubs 17, Mets 10 1999 Regular Season Game 106
August 1, 1999
Mets 5, Cubs 4 Next Game:
August 2, 1999
Mets 7, Brewers 2

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE AUGUST 1, 1999 GAME:

DannyBoy
January 24, 2002
Great story. I was in the bleachers with my girlfriend rooting for the Mets and really getting a verbal beating from the ignorant Cubs fans. There is a tradition at Wrigley where some clown in the bleachers yells out to Sammy Sosa, "Hey Sammy, how many outs are there?" Sammy would turn around and answer by pounding on his chest and putting his hands to his lips denoting the number of outs. Cool thing to see once, but annoying when it happens every inning as in this case. Late in this extra inning affair the Cubs had the winning run on with 2 outs and Sammy at the plate. With the crowd on their feet going crazy and chanting "Sammy, Sammy, Sammy", he whiffs to end the rally. As the bleacher bums surrounding me all begin to sit down in disgust, brilliant me happily ascends from my seat and shouts out "Hey Sammy, how many outs are there?!!!" Nearly got my ass kicked. Lieter notched over 10 K's in a no decision and Mahomes got the win, ironically driving in the winning run in the 13th with a shot to left. This and the Friday game earlier were a treat to witness. Oh yeah, my girlfirend and I broke up soon afterwards largely due to my so called "attitude" displayed at this game.

Michael
May 7, 2020
One of the truly memorable games from the 99 season. Pat Mahomes gets the game winning hit in the 13th inning after the Mets blew leads in the 9th and 10th. Al Leiter also had his career high in strikeouts, with 15 in 7 innings.

Rich Lyga
January 15, 2021
My brother and I visited Wrigley on that day on a road trip from New York (Saw a game at Tiger Stadium the next day). We sat in the left field bleachers decked out in Mets gear. We got to our seats about two hours early and by the time the game ended 6 hours later in the 13th, we had crazy sunburns on our legs (probably should not have worn shorts).

Despite all our Mets gear, the "friendly confines" were mostly friendly to us, except when Henry Rodriguez tied that game with a home run that landed about 5 feet from us. Immediately after that homer we were mercilessly ribbed, given a few shoves from drunk fans, and had "we're going to kick your ass!" shouted at us by at least one person. That said, we never really felt threatened, and had the last laugh when Mahomes got the game-winning hit in the 13th. I also remember that Leiter had filthy stuff that day (at least it seemed so from hundreds of feet away). He wound up striking out 15 in 7 innings.

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