Bottom of the eighth inning, Jose Reyes on second base, Carlos Beltran on first, two outs and here comes the hot hitting Carlos Delgado to the plate. Delgado has a chance to right the wrongs of the top of this inning, when Scott Schoenweiss and Luis Ayala gave up back to back home runs to give the Florida Marlins the lead at 4-2. This is it. Right here. The New York Mets season and their beloved Shea stadium hang on for dear life, everyone hoping that Carlos Delgado can extend the season and give these 56,000 die hard fans and all of New York a chance to see the postseason. There hasn't a been a bigger at bat for Delgado in his career. He has come up clutch throughout this season, getting the big hits when the Mets needed them and all he has to do is get one more. So Arthur Rhodes, the journey man pitcher comes to his set stance and gets ready to pitch to Carlos here with the game on the line and the go ahead runs for the Mets on base. Rhodes is set, he delivers and its low and outside, ball one. Delgado steps off the plate for a second, fixes his batting gloves, you can see the determination in his eyes. Carlos steps back in the batters box and gets ready. Here's the second pitch from Rhodes. It's a called strike on the inside. Wow, that was close. So the count is even now at one ball and one strike. The crowd is getting increasingly louder as the pressure and tension mounts with every pitch. If Delgado can get his bat on one here and drive it out, then we are all going to be rejoicing and hugging. This Mets team has been through a lot this season and as you can see from last inning, they have had to endure a very shaky bull pen. But Carlos Delgado can make that all disappear right now with one swing. So, Reyes has a small lead at second, as does Beltran at first. Rhodes gets set and gets his sign from the catcher. Here comes the pitch....bam...its a deep, fly ball, going towards the warning track is the center fielder Maybin, going back, going back.....its...its....its OUTTA HERE!!!!! A three run home run for Carlos Delgado. He has done it again and the Mets have taken the lead here in the bottom of eighth inning 5-4. Can you believe it!?!? Delgado rifles one to deep left center and he has given this ball park a shot in the arm and everyone is going crazy. Oh my God! That was awesome! The scoreboard here at Shea stadium had just flashed the final score out at Milwaukee and the Mets and Carlos Delgado knew they had to win to force a one game playoff tomorrow back here at Shea Stadium and Delgado comes up in the clutch one more time. This place is rockin' and the Mets are 3 outs away from playing a significant game in September to see if they will get to the playoffs. What a way to send off Shea Stadium. All of the old timers here today and the legends that wore the Mets uniforms have witnessed the beauty of baseball and for one day the Mets can celebrate an astounding win.
That is how things would have happened if my mind could control the way the Universe goes. The Mets would have won the game and with their momentum sky rocketing, they would have beat the Brewers the next day and moved on to play the Chicago Cubs in the National League Division Series. Unfortunately, my mind control also would have had the Mets lose to the Cubs in four games, but it would have been back at Shea for a memorable last moment and the Cubs would go on to win the World Series against the Angels, overcoming their 100 year curse of not winning the World Series.
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