It has been quite an adventure since. The Mets have had three managers and three heads of baseball operations in Lindor’s four seasons. They won 101 games in 2022 but finished second to the Braves in a tiebreaker and promptly lost in the wild-card round.

The Mets last won a World Series in 1986 when Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry powered a legendary team to an unforgettable title over the Boston Red Sox. The franchise has only been to the World Series twice since then, losing to the Yankees in 2001 and losing to the Royals in 2015.

It was one of those rare sporting moments that allow you to tell people you didn’t just watch it. You felt it.