On a sticky August evening at Citi Field, toward the end of a crucial Mets victory against division rival Atlanta, closer Edwin Díaz threw his last warm-up pitch and began his long, familiar journey from the right-field bullpen to the mound for the top of the ninth inning. But something unusual happened: The television broadcast did not cut to a commercial.
Instead, the camera trailed behind Díaz as he walked through the bullpen door, broke into a jog and traversed the outfield grass. The trumpets of “Narco,” Díaz’s beloved entrance song, were fed from the stadium public-address system directly into the broadcast, making fans at home feel like they were watching it all happen in person.