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Heath Bell
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 360 of 1218 players
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Heath Justin Bell
Born: September 29, 1977 at Oceanside, Cal.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 244

Heath Bell was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on May 16, 2013, November 10, 2018, May 6, 2019, July 5, 2020, and November 30, 2021.

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First Mets game: August 24, 2004
Last Mets game: September 26, 2006

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VIBaseball
October 18, 2004
The bullpen was pretty dreadful this year -- I mostly think of Mike Stanton letting every runner he inherited come in. (How did Howe let Stanton come in so often? He broke Turk's club record for appearances!)

I wouldn't mind seeing some more of Bell, though. His ratio of strikeouts-to-innings and strikeouts-to- walks was great. He also seems pretty tenacious out there on the mound.

Mr. Sparkle
October 23, 2004
He was pretty decent overall, having a couple of rough outings but other than that he was pretty effective. He has the weirdest motion I have ever seen. It's like he doesn't have a complete wind up and just lugs the ball at the plate but can still hit 95. The long socks make him look weird as well.

IAN MANNING
November 24, 2004
I used to play ball with Heath in Tustin, California, in high school and on our travel ball team. The greatest game I ever saw anyone pitch was in Alaska at the goodwill tournament. Heath was pitching against the most talented team there from Washington. They were our only real competition for the championship that year and in a 7-inning game Heath struck out 18 batters, shut them out and hit a home run for our only run to single handedly win the game 1-0 for us. I used to catch him and I tell you my hand still feels it on cold days.

I miss you, Heath. Congrats, you finally did it. We never doubted you, now make us proud. (And hook us up when you play the Dodgers next year!)

big pun
May 20, 2005
I had the luxury of working the food stand that sat next to the bullpen at Binghamton Mets stadium. Needless to say I got to know Heath, or Snacks as I came to know him pretty well. We really miss him here in the Bing-Bing, but wish him the best elsewhere. Heath if ya read this, email me.

MorpheusDreamweaver
August 5, 2005
Heath has had his ups and downs on the pitching mound this year (as I write this, he's currently in AAA Norfolk.)

The memory I'll carry with me, though, has little to do with his pitching performance and everything to do with how he relates to the fans. Every single Mets game that I've been to this year, Heath Bell has stopped to sign autographs for the fans after he finished his pre-game throwing and sprints. And I haven't seen him stop signing autographs before everybody who wanted one, got one. Some days, he's pretty much been the only one to bother.

I'd love to see more consistent pitching out of Heath, but I can't fault the way he treats Mets fans.

Mr. Sparkle
June 28, 2006
Just watched the Ballad of Heath Bell on YouTube. Amazing that he has a ballad. He's just one of those guys that isn't all that great but you gotta like him.

cholorad
October 8, 2007
Trading this guy was a good move. Whenever he inhereted runners on base, the majority of the time, they would score. He was able to resurrect his career in San Diego; unfortunately the guys that replaced him in 2007 were much worse

Tommy Mets
April 23, 2008
Had the opportunity to meet Bell back in 2005 and you could not meet a more likeable guy. He stayed around after the game to sign a ball for me and even told me how he was taking the 7 train to and from the game to save money! Back then it seemed that Bell was fine when he started an inning but he always seemed to also let inherited runners score. However, he had guts and always produced great numbers in AAA. Just never seemed to have been used correctly or given a chance to prove himself.

Had Willie and Rick used him differently than he could have become a great asset for the Met bullpen over the years. I'm glad that he has been absolutely dominating for the San Diego Padres but I wish he was doing that at Shea. Good luck Heath and thanks for being a great guy!

Mr. Sparkle
May 19, 2009
I liked Heath Bell when he was a Met and I didn't think he deserved to be on the AAA express, back and forth back and forth. That being said, he was just OK, nothing great. Now, he is a total jerk and it pissed me off seeing him get the first save at Dodger Stadium East (Citi Field) and being so full of hate for the Mets. It's a business after all. He has one major case of sour grapes and although he has turned into a very good closure, he has to settle down the attitude. Everyone gets traded. Lots of bullpen guys go up and down so be a man, deal with it and shut the hell up.








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