{"id":17382,"date":"2026-07-26T03:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17382"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T22:09:58","slug":"andruw-jones-still-shocked-nlcs-clinching-walk-vs-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=17382","title":{"rendered":"Andruw Jones still &#8216;shocked&#8217; NLCS-clinching walk vs. Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>COOPERSTOWN \u2014 Nearly 27 years later, Mets fans still shudder at the thought of Andruw Jones\u2019 bases-loaded walk-off walk against Kenny Rogers in the 11th inning of the Braves\u2019 series-clinching win in Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What did the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/24\/sports\/cc-sabathia-thrilled-to-welcome-andruw-jones-carlos-beltran-to-hall-of-fame\/\">soon-to-be Hall of Famer<\/a> think of the moment?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe he walked me. I try not to walk, \u2019cause I strike out a lot,\u201d Jones said at his pre-induction news conference Saturday. \u201cSo when he walked me, I was shocked.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 1999 NLCS sent the Braves to face the Yankees in the World Series, and the Yankees promptly swept Atlanta to claim their second of three consecutive world championships. <\/p>\n<p>The Braves led the Mets 3-0 heading into Game 4, but the Mets clawed back to make the series 3-2, losing by a hair in Game 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40091013\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img 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would\u2019ve seen an earlier Subway Series.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The following season, that scenario came to fruition, as the Mets and Yankees met in the Fall Classic for the very first time in 2000. <\/p>\n<p>The Yankees won the title in five games, marking a three-peat for their 26th ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201c[The NLCS] was a tough series. It drained us, to be honest with you,\u201d Jones said. \u201cBy the time we went to play the Yankees, we got swept. We had no juice left to go play them. \u2026 The Yankees had a great team that year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jones joins several legendary Braves in the Hall of Fame on Sunday, finally gaining entrance on his ninth ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 1996 Braves have eight members in the Hall now that Jones joins Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones and Fred McGriff, as well as manager Bobby Cox and general manager John Schuerholz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40091014\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.41632089;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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836px) 100vw, 836px\"\/><figcaption>The Atlanta Braves celebrate after a walk by Andruw Jones scored the winning run. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey always kept saying, \u2018Hey, be patient, you\u2019re gonna be there.\u2019 \u2026 Being on a ballot for nine years, you kind of watch from afar, but you\u2019re not thinking about it, because life keeps going, you know?\u201d Jones said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I made it, this is a great honor. One of the toughest Halls of Fame to go in \u2026 but if it didn\u2019t happen, I would have been the same person. You would have seen me walk on the street and have this joy that I always had.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chipper Jones talked about his joy for his longtime teammate at a Hall of Fame signing event Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Joneses were teammates in Atlanta for 12 years, from 1996-2007.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been really fun to see him go through the week and the whole process. I think he had to wait a little too long to get here, but hey, you\u2019re here now,\u201d Chipper Jones said. \u201cWe took great pride in knowing that if people wanted to come into Atlanta and beat the Braves, they had to get the Jones boys out in the three and four hole. \u2026 Hope he\u2019s not the last, but we\u2019ve had a good contingent over the last 10, 15 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COOPERSTOWN \u2014 Nearly 27 years later, Mets fans still shudder at the thought of Andruw Jones\u2019 bases-loaded walk-off walk against Kenny Rogers in the 11th inning of the Braves\u2019 series-clinching win in Game 6 of the 1999 NLCS.\u00a0 What did the soon-to-be Hall of Famer think of the moment?\u00a0 \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe he walked me&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/newspress-collage-ib2zwa0xm-1785012871922.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&1784998507&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}