Maybe the Padres are about to enter their “OMG” period one season after it grew to become an integral piece of the Mets’ magical run.
Earlier than the Padres’ loss to the Mariners on Saturday, tv host and reporter Annie Heilbrunn shared a video on X of Jose Iglesias selecting up an “OMG” cutout in Padres colours and handing it to another person on the sphere sporting staff gear.
Whereas that particular signal’s backstory stays unclear, Heilbrunn added in a reply that she believes “this was a present from a fan.”
It nonetheless served as an odd sight, although, since for the ultimate 4 months of the 2024 season, these three letters appeared all through Citi Subject and the Mets dugout because the Mets reversed a sinking marketing campaign and ended up two wins shy of a World Collection berth.
Iglesias, referred to as “Candelita” within the music area, carried out his hit tune “OMG” — which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Digital Track Gross sales and even received a remix that includes Pitbull — following a June 28 house recreation, and when a Mets participant would hit a house run, they’d pose with a cutout within the dugout.
They have been scattered all through the stands, too, as Mets followers embraced the journeyman infielder, who started the 12 months on a minor-league deal earlier than hitting .337 throughout 85 regular-season video games.
The three letters grew to become synonymous with their run.
Iglesias’ presence within the lineup did, too.
However there wasn’t a reunion for 2025.
The Mets didn’t pursue Iglesias within the offseason, as a substitute making an attempt to create alternatives for youthful gamers as a substitute of signing the 35-year-old Iglesias to a different deal.
Iglesias stated he was “completely shocked” by that improvement that allowed him to signal with the Padres, although he stated that the “OMG” hype and reminiscences belong to his former staff in Queens.
“‘OMG’ belongs to the Mets,” Iglesias stated when San Diego was in New York earlier this month to face the Yankees. “It’s a tune for everyone to take heed to clearly, however ‘OMG’ is the Mets. That’s how I see it, that’s how I take a look at it. “Each time that tune performs it jogs my memory of the 12 months, the ups and downs and the event of the group.”
Iglesias, who has his simply .228 throughout 30 video games this season, gained’t make his Citi Subject return till September.
