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OTD 2015: Mets Win First World Series Game at Citi Field

Noah Syndergaard knew the assignment. The Kansas City Royals had been the aggressors at the plate in taking a 2-0 lead heading into New York for the first World Series game in Queens since 2000. Leading off was Alcides Escobar, who started the opener with an inside-the-park homer and had looked fairly comfortable against Mets’ pitching thus far. Syndergaard zipped a 97-MPH fastball...

OTD 2015: David Wright Hits Mammoth Home Run in Return

David Wright stepped up to the plate in the top of the second inning at Citizens Bank Park preparing to take his first swing in 133 days. Once a mainstay in the Mets lineup, “The Captain” missed over four months. Initially he was diagnosed with a hamstring injury. But it was soon discovered he suffered from spinal stenosis, the ailment which would ultimately cause the premature end...