NYB Buff
October 4, 2019
This was a great season-closing victory for the Mets. It ended with a walk-off, three-run homer by Dominic Smith in the bottom of the 11th to give Chris Mazza his first major league win. Also, Noah Syndergaard recorded nine strikeouts to pass the 200-mark for the year.
Smith's game-winner came after he replaced Pete Alonso at first base in the top of the inning. On his radio call of the homer, Howie Rose twice said the Smith was pinch-hitting. Howie was wrong about that, but it did come in Smith's first plate appearance after missing two months with an injury.
Shickhaus Franks
July 3, 2020
What a way to end the crazy 2010s for the Mets. Me, my friend Kathy & her son sat in the Coca Cola Corner on a warm sunny late September afternoon. Saw Keith Hernandez before the game & said hello—I wanted to yell to him “RIB EYE STEAKS” but I didn’t. What an ending with Dom Smith hitting a walk off dinger in the 11th inning. I said “Onward & Upward to 2020” not knowing at the time that everything on this planet would be shaken up like one of those snow globes. It’s the most recent Mets game I’ve been to of course & I am ????that I will be going back to Citi Field in 2021 to see the Mets play ball plus having Nathan’s, Coca Cola & cracker jacks.
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