Perhaps the Padres are about to enter their \u201cOMG\u201d era one season after it became an integral piece of the Mets\u2019 magical run.<\/p>\n
Before the Padres\u2019 loss to the Mariners on Saturday, television host and reporter Annie Heilbrunn shared a video on X of Jose Iglesias picking up an \u201cOMG\u201d cutout in Padres colors and handing it to someone else on the field wearing team gear.<\/p>\n
While that specific sign\u2019s backstory remains unclear, Heilbrunn added in a reply that she believes \u201cthis was a gift from a fan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jose Iglesias is pictured with an \u201cOMG\u201d sign before
the Padres\u2019 game May 17. Screengrab via X\/@annieheilbrunn<\/p>\n
It still served as a strange sight, though, since for the final four months of the 2024 season, those three letters appeared throughout Citi Field and the Mets dugout as the Mets reversed a sinking campaign and ended up two wins shy of a World Series berth.<\/p>\n
Iglesias, known as \u201cCandelita\u201d in the music space, performed his hit song \u201cOMG\u201d<\/a> \u2014 which reached No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Latin Digital Song Sales and even got a remix featuring Pitbull \u2014 following a June 28 home game, and when a Mets player would hit a home run, they\u2019d pose with a cutout in the dugout.<\/p>\n They were scattered throughout the stands, too, as Mets fans embraced the journeyman infielder, who began the year on a minor-league deal before hitting .337 across 85 regular-season games.<\/p>\n The three letters became synonymous with their run.<\/p>\n Iglesias\u2019 presence in the lineup did, too.<\/p>\n Jose Iglesias celebrates after the Mets clinched the NLDS against the Phillies. Carlos Toro for the NY Post<\/p>\n But there wasn\u2019t a reunion for 2025.<\/p>\n The Mets didn\u2019t pursue Iglesias in the offseason, instead trying to create opportunities for younger players instead of signing the 35-year-old Iglesias to another deal.<\/p>\n Iglesias said he was \u201ctotally shocked\u201d by that development that allowed him to sign with the Padres<\/a>, though he said that the \u201cOMG\u201d hype and memories belong to his former team in Queens.<\/p>\n Jose Iglesias scores a run during the Padres\u2019 game against the Rockies on May 10. Getty Images<\/p>\n