We Like Walk-offs

Last night, I witnessed in person one of the best Mets games in recent years. Courtesy of SNY and my roomate Adam, I was able to sit in a suite right behind home plate. The suite was incredible, but what I'll remember most is something we've never seen before at Citi Field.

Twenty five men in Mets uniforms rushed out of the dugout, surrounded home plate, and then jumped up and down as one of their teamates crossed the plate. I had seen this ritual before on tv, as recently as Wednesday, but could not recall the Mets taking part in it in a long while.

And as the stadium was rocking, it finally came back to me - this was a walk-off home run for the New York Mets!

The Mets opened up a fresh can of koolaid with the amazin' win last night. This was a game they certainly would have lost in years past, unable to get over the blown save and subsequent air being let out of the building. It would have been the game that had Mets fans swearing to not watch another game this season.

But the 2010 Mets are different, and last night they showed why. These Mets have one of baseball's clutchest hitters in Rod Barajas, who showed no ill effects from Cinco de Mayo celebrations and is quickly becoming a favorite of this blog. And they have Ike Davis, who continued to make Christian, Muslim, atheist, and especially Jewish Mets fans proud with two home runs and an incredible catch.

It was the type of win and celebration that can bring a team together and pump up the fans. Citi Field was buzzing again, and this time it wasn't just because of Shake Shack burgers or that song they play after Take Me Out to the Ballgame that everyone pretends to know the words to.

It was because everyone realized that good, exciting baseball is back in Flushing.