Capture the moment. The opportunity won’t last.
That, in essence, was the message from the 1986 Mets to the current ones on their 30-year anniversary celebration Saturday night at Citi Field.
Three decades after winning it all, those Mets of Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter, Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry still are hailed as heroes for their memorable championship, their 108 regular-season victories and the dramatic postseason series wins over the Astros in the NLCS and Red Sox in the World Series.
“It’s been like this forever,” closer Jesse Orosco said during a press conference before the Mets played the Dodgers on Saturday night.