Maggie Wiggin, MetsBlog.com
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There are some images from last night’s game that I’ll never scrub from my memory as much as I may try. Eric Hosmer scampering home will surely play on a loop for the next decade. The dominant Familia coming into yet another impossible quagmire, two batters too late (when will managers learn the value of bringing relievers into a clean inning?). And of course, the snapshot of Royals streaming onto the field, engulfed in joy. That one will stick
There are endless conversations to be had about the things we don’t want to remember about this World Series. They are many, they are brutal, and they will be with us for a long time. But the real loss from last night is the overshadowing of a few things we should want to remember. Until the 9th inning, this was a night for the ages, the makings of an all-time postseason classic
Matt Harvey was simply marvelous, in line for one of the greatest World Series performances ever. A true ace, he delivered in the moment he was most needed. Working with a tight margin, he never let the Royals get close until the fateful decision to bring him back to finish it off, at 102 pitches and some recent hard-hit outs. But don’t remember the Harvey leaving the mound after the run-scoring double, remember the Harvey pumping his fist and shouting “Come on!” as yet another bewildered Royal returned to the dugout. He was our hero, even if he fell short in the end. And he’s only getting stronger.
And it’s a damn shame that the heartbreak of the night wiped away the memory of another postseason hero – Curtis Granderson, the hands-down MVP of the Mets all year. His lead-off bomb set a tone for the game that carried through to the very end. His 3 go-ahead home runs in a single World Series put him in elite company and he is more to thank than anyone that this series was as close as it was. The entire game (not to mention the ones that came before it), he was a steady presence at the plate, and sure-footed in the field. His fantastic postseason will go largely overlooked by the history books, but not by me.
Looking to the highlights of last night, and of a generally-frustrating World Series, is not easy and maybe not even possible with the wounds still so fresh. But these two deserve to be remembered for playing a hell of a game, if not today, then someday. It may not have ended the way we wanted it to, but it was a hell of a game.
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