Mets get used to cueing the trumpets

Mets closer Edwin Diaz has been welcomed with quite the entrance to the ballgame in ninth innings this season: a blaring trumpet that fires up all of New York.

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August 10, 2022 - 3:14 PM

New York Mets pitcher Edwin Diaz reacts after recording the final out, completing a combined no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on Friday, April 29, 2022, in New York. Photo by (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images/TNS)

NEW YORK (AP) — Trumpets blare, the bullpen door pops open — here comes Edwin Díaz, baseball’s most dominant closer.

Cue the fiesta at Citi Field.

Once the regular target of angry boos, and decried a rotten egg in the Big Apple, Díaz has become the toast of the town with the New York Mets, one electric save at a time.

The All-Star reliever is overpowering hitters at a record rate during a sensational season, helping the Mets build their NL East cushion and putting him in the Cy Young Award conversation.

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