Oct. 19, 2006.
Carlos Beltran takes a called third strike from Adam Wainwright and the Mets lose to the Cardinals 3-1 in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series at Shea Stadium.
It wasn’t supposed to be the end. It was supposed to be the beginning. But there was the meltdown at the end of the 2007 season when the Mets blew a seven-game divisional lead with 17 games to play. Then in 2008, their final year at Shea, the Mets had a 3½-game lead on Sept. 10, but did not make the playoffs.
The following year, the Mets moved into Citi Field, but six more losing seasons followed.