It was the Monday I had marked down on my calendar since Spring Training. June 25, 2007 stuck out like a sore thumb. It was time for revenge... It was time for the redbirds to get what was coming to them.

I'm not going to waste my time with a flashback to October of 2006. We don't need to feel that pain any more. It's a feeling us Mets fans are far too familiar with. The only thing that matters, is what happened on that June evening, in front of 40,075 people at Shea, and an entire city tuned into ESPN. Sure enough, the redbirds brought their "A" game, with newly-acquired Mike Maroth on the mound to battle Jorge Sosa.. and for 10 and a half innings, it looked like we were in for a long night, until finally:

Even in simulation, that Home Run is still majestic.

Next Monday: We flash back to a time I like to call, The Oroscozoic Era. Read More...