Reliving the Mets’ sensational August 2015, ten years later

At 11:10pm on July 31, 2015, Wilmer Flores hit a walk-off home run that seemed more fantasy than reality. Two days after almost being traded, and hours after the blockbuster acquisition of Yoenis Céspedes, the 23-year-old’s cathartic blast sealed a 2-1 victory over the Nationals, pushing the Mets to two games behind Washington in the National League East standings. Howie Rose would later say, “I swear when that ball went over the fence it turned into pixie dust.” Little did we know, that moment was just a hint of the magical month arriving fifty minutes later.

If the 2015 National League Champion Mets were living a fairytale, August was when their supernatural pact with the baseball gods reached peak power. It was a month populated by record-setting performances, rally parakeets, quick-pi