Angel Pagan was one of my favorite Mets, and upon his departure I meant to write some small tribute to his style. I’ve touched on that a bunch before though: I just appreciated the aesthetics of the way he played baseball, from the loping strides in the outfield to the Michael Jackson thing he does when he grabs his helmet and tucks it toward his shoulder as he retreats back towards a base on pickoff attempts.

But that’s basically all I have to say. I think and hope Pagan will bounce back, and I was getting sort of tired of insisting he would. And when I went to find a picture to accompany a post about Pagan, I found a series of awesome photos of Angel Pagan looking at things that I thought would make for a far more entertaining tribute than anything I could write on few hours’ sleep and with a studio appointment pending.

So here’s Angel Pagan looking at some stormtroopers:

Here’s Angel Pagan looking at Poppy Montgomery from the CBS show Unforgettable:

Here’s Angel Pagan looking at a baseball:

Angel Pagan looking at whatever Marc Anthony told him to look at:

And Angel Pagan looking at his teammates after a walk-off home run: