Howie Rose had been waiting for this moment. So, too, had New York.
“Williams sets, here’s the pitch,” Rose begins with the Mets down, 2-0, in the top of ninth. “Swing and a fly ball to right field, pretty well hit…”
His pace quickens: “ Frelick back at the wall. He jumps. It’s gone! He did it! He did it! Pete Alonso with the most memorable home run of his career!”Rose, at first, seemed uncomfortable hearing his own call, even putting his hands over his ears.Rose then trotted down the aisle and slapped hands as the team gave him a standing ovation.
Rose has been calling Mets games for various television and radio stations since the mid-90’s, but only a handful of moments, only a handful of his calls, stack up with this one. And that’s especially highly praise considering Rose provided perhaps the most memorable Rangers call ever from the 1994 Conference finals when Stephane Matteau scoring the game-winning overtime goal in Game 7 against the Devils:It could have been the Polar Bear’s final at-bat in a Mets uniform and the final at-bat of the Mets 2024 MLB season.
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