When Carlos Beltran signed with the New York Mets back in 2005 fans thought they were getting the man who ran roughshod over pitchers during the 2005 playoffs after his trade from the Kansas City Royals to the Houston Astros.
I will be honest with you at times Beltran frustrated me as well. At times I thought he was stealing money everytime he cashed his check at the bank. But then I realized that Beltran a career .285 hitter before arriving to the Mets was just the player the Mets paid for. He was a gold glove centerfielder, very good at stealing bases, a switch hitter with decent power but not the 41 homerun season he had with the team his first year.
Beltran also had issues with staying on the field after a horrific collision with Mike Cameron in a game in San Diego back in 2005, and other injuries such as knee problems and a quad issue.
But the one reason Beltran probably will never truly live up to the contract he got with the Mets in most Mets' fans eyes is Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS. A game in which I thought the Mets had everything going in their favor after an Endy Chavez spectualr catch and a well pitched game by Oliver Perez.
If you have kids in the room please don't let them watch this video:
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