Ask a Mets fan to describe Bartolo Colon’s home run against the Padres and they may use words like incredible, glorious and THE greatest HR of all time.
Ask a Mets fan what’s better, the team’s trip to the World Series or the two-run HR and they may pause before calling it a toss up. It was just that good.
Now, how does one properly commemorate such an unexpected feat? If your answer isn’t to get a tattoo of Colon’s face, well, then I don’t blame you. That’s an intense level of fandom. However, there’s one guy from New York who did just that. All because the idea of Colon hitting a HR this season was so far-fetched that proclaiming you’d get a tattoo if it happened seemed like a safe way to avoid getting some new ink.
Well, he was wrong. However, instead of backing out, Matt Sassi lived up to his promise and now has a fantastic story to tell.
Give the entire scenario below a read because Sassi’s dedication to the Mets is commendable. You don’t sit in a chair for multiple hours through self-inflicted pain to get someone’s face permanently tattooed on you unless you’re committed.
I should know. I’ve been there.