DisgruntledMetsFan.com and SportsMemorabilia.com would like to congratulate Kevin McCarthy of Huntington for winning the David Wright Autographed Baseball and Display Case by being the first person to correctly answer our trivia question:

Mike Piazza hit the last New York Mets home run of the 20th Century.  Who was pitching when he hit the home run?

The correct answer was:

Denny Neagle

The home run came in game 4 of the 2000 World Series.

Contrary to popular belief, the 20th Century ended on Dec. 31 2000.  A lot of people answered with John Smoltz, who gave up the Mets last home run in the NLCS in 1999, coincidentally to Mike Piazza.

Thanks to all who participated, and don’t forget to use your discount code good for 15% off all merchandise at SportsMemorabilia.com

The discount code is:

dismets15

In order to win the free David Wright Autographed Baseball and Display Case provided by SportsMemorabilia.com be the first person to email the correct answer to the email address below:

contest@disgruntledmetsfan.com

Here is the trivia question:

Mike Piazza hit the last New York Mets home run of the 20th Century.  Who was pitching when he hit the home run?

In addition to the autographed baseball, SportsMemorabilia.com is providing all DisgruntledMetsFan.com readers a 15% discount code good through the rest of the baseball season.

The discount code is:

dismets15

Good luck to everyone!

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Yesterday, the Mets were down one run going into the ninth inning.  They were even down to their final out of the game.  All signs pointed to another loss to the Phillies.  Their fifth loss in a row.

Then David Wright came up to bat with a man on, and delivered what could be one of the best wins of the season, belting a two run, go ahead home run into the left field stands to put the Mets ahead.

The beginning of the game did not go as well as the end.

The Mets gave starter Mike Pelfrey a four run lead in the first inning.  Stringing together hit after hit to plate the four runs before Omir Santos ended the rally with a double play for the first two outs of the game.

Pelfrey, as is becoming the norm, was unable to hold the early lead, giving up six runs by the fourth inning.  Pelfrey’s starts are becoming predictably bad, and it’s time for the Mets to realize he’s not the pitcher they thought he was.

Back to the good news.

The Mets put together six runs in the last three innings of the game to come back and beat the team that I enjoy the Mets beating more than anyone else.  This game, and this series, was expected to mean a lot more than it actually does, and it’s important for the Mets to get some wins.

Getting some of the losing taste out of their mouths for the last 20 games of the year will help going into spring training and 2010.

Quality wins like yesterday’s will go a long way toward rebuilding the winning attitude that will be necessary to succeed in what is turning out to be an extremely competitive division.

John Maine makes his “triumphant” return today, as he matches up against former Met Pedro Martinez.  It should be an interesting game to say the least.

Don’t forget to revisit disgruntledmetsfan.com tomorrow for our David Wright autographed baseball giveaway sponsored by SportsMemorabilia.com.

The people over at SportsMemorabilia.com have been kind enough to sponsor another giveaway to loyal Disgruntled Mets Fan readers.  This time, the prize will be an autographed David Wright baseball and display case.

David Wright Autographed Baseball

The contest will take place on Monday at 2:00 PM EST and will consist of a New York Mets trivia question.  The first person to reply with a correct answer to the email address provided will win the ball.

In addition to the baseball, SportsMemorabilia.com will provide a discount code to all readers that will be good for a 15% discount on their site that will be valid until the end of the baseball season.  The code will be posted Monday with the question.

I look forward to sharing this opportunity with you all, would like to thank SportsMemorabilia.com for the opportunity to do so.