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NEW YORK -- Earlier this week, Padres infielder Jose Iglesias stood in the visiting dugout at Citi Field while the Mets played a tribute video in his honor. The former Met had spent a long while signing autographs and posing for selfies during his return to Citi Field. When the chorus of his nostalgia record “OMG” began to play, Iglesias smiled and threw his arms in the air.

While some vestiges of the “OMG” Mets remain at Citi Field, most of them are stuffed into closets and non-public back rooms. Out in the open, the 2025 Mets have never quite been able to recapture the energy of that season. All of which begs an age-old qu

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