Carlos Beltran: Five Feet Away from a Storybook Comeback: That Figures

It was the bottom of the seventh inning, the Mets were down 4-2, and a fresh off the DL Carlos Beltran came up to bat with two outs and the bases loaded. The stage was set... A single would have tied the game, an extra base hit may have given the Mets the lead, and a grand slam would have sent Mets fans into the kind of frenzy they haven’t felt in a long, long time. Brian Sanches fell behind Beltran 2-0 on two straight fastballs off the plate.  He came back with a third that was fouled back, and was threw one last one right in Beltran’s wheel house that Carlos seemed to turn on sending a long shot down the right field line. Off the bat, I thought it was a home run.  I thought Carlos did it.  I thought the stadium was going to erupt.  I thought the bench would be filled with smiles all around. The ball seemed to hang up in the air for an eternity.  As right fielder Cody Ross settled in a few feet from the right field wall, I was sure the ball woul...