Mike Piazza

act emotion that hit you when Ryan Church's fly ball sank into the centerfielder's glove, much like Mike Piazza's fly ball that ended the 2000 World Series.  It was like saving up for months to buy a brand new pair of shoes, but finding out the model you wanted has been discontinued.  Or like planning a trip to the beach weeks ahead of time, and then waking up on the day you’re supposed to go, and it’s pouring outside.  Or like waking up in the middle of the night thinking you can go back to sleep for a few more hours, but then looking at the clock and realizing it’s only five minutes before your alarm is set to go off.  It was a feeling of having the air sucked out of your lungs for a second.  That’s what the Mets did to their fans on that fateful Sunday afternoon, for the second year in a row.

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