METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE SEPTEMBER 10, 1985 GAME:
Charlie
December 12, 2001
I was at this game, a HUGE one for a lot of reasons... This was Hernandez's first game back after the Pittsburgh drug trials. We give him a standing O and he whacks a base hit on the first pitch... Bottom of the first, 2 on, 1 out, George Foster gets hit in the butt and makes a move out to the mound. Both benches empty, the usual pushing & shoving, yaddayaddayadda... So, now, bases loaded, no out, HoJo comes up and hits a rocket over the right field scoreboard. YEAH BABY! The the f-ing Cards start a comeback...then it starts to rain. During the rain delay, they put the Reds-Padres game up on the Diamond Vision and I got to see Pete Rose break Ty Cobb's all-time hits record, sitting on the aisle steps in the right field mezzanine, between the raindrops. Fantastic night!
Joe Lanzisera
July 22, 2002
I remember this one like yesterday. Foster gets plunked in the 1st inning. Hojo steps in and launches a bomb off of Cox way out to right. I can still hear Ralph's call "...it's going, going and it's gone goodbye! A grand slam home run for Howard Johnson!"
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