Mets History: May 19
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WRIGHT WALKS OFF YANKEES
May 19, 2006: David Wright walks off Mariano Rivera and the Yankees ... and the ballgame is OVER!
“Wright used every inflection of body language, not to curl the ball around a foul pole, but to push it over the head of Yankees’ center fielder Johnny Damon. When the ball bounced against the warning track, Wright celebrated as if he had just won Game 6 of the 1975 World Series.” - New York Times
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