Anthony Orso A Mets fan since 1969 “When the ball got hit to Wright, it just felt like, Wow, we just dodged a bullet. From our standpoint, from the minute the ball left Duda’s hand, we knew that that throw was offline, and you just couldn’t believe that this would be the way this game would go down. Just couldn’t believe it.”

Phil Griffin President of MSNBC “It’s visceral. It’s painful. It’s so hard to get here. And we just threw it away. And those of us right here, we had a front-row seat. To misery. That was the moment. I collapsed. How could this have happened? There are certain moments in your life you will never forget, and that was one of them. Because all that good, two and a half months of really incredible baseball that we just hadn’t seen with the Mets in decades, flew out. Went away.”

Dan DeBernardi Takes heat from his Yankee-fan friends “The whole game, Citi Field was absolutely rocking. The second Hosmer scores, it was like a wet bag. It just was silent in there. And people were just in shock. I think it’s something that I couldn’t even replicate. It’s almost not even a human emotion. Just absolute despair.”

George Brett Hall of Fame player and vice president of the Royals “You look at the play now, Hosmer was stupid to go. Your mind just says, ‘You got to go, you got to go!’ And with Familia pitching, you might not have another opportunity. I was going, ‘No! No! No!’ As soon as we scored that run, I knew we were going to win. I just didn’t know in what inning.”

Lesli Bilgor Cried on the way home on the 7 train “We were just terrified. Watching the game with hands over our eyes. The second he let go of the ball, you see him take off and you’re just like, Ohhhhhhhh nooooooooo! It was in slow motion, a really painful, really long slow motion.”

Michael Monaco Had Mr. Met stop by his wedding “I see him going, I’m screaming, ‘Throw it home! Throw it home!’ Screaming my head off. And Duda takes the throw, steps off the bag and the minute it leaves his hand, I know it’s destined for disaster. We had this. We should be celebrating and walking out and listening to ‘Back in the New York Groove,’ but instead it turned into a disaster.”

Alec Orso Attended the game with his father “I just don’t understand how a team can beat themselves every single game in the ninth inning when you’re this close to having it, and just watching it burns your eyes.”

Debby Riegel Was also at Game 5 in 2000 “I’m a Met fan. There is a shoe that’s gonna drop. I mean there has to be. It just can’t be that easy. That’s the moment my arms went up and I think what I’m screaming is Nooooooooooo!”

Peter Monaco Shares season tickets with his family “Groundball is an easy out. I don’t know what the guy on third is thinking to try to run on that play, but the minute he moved, it should be an out. And that throw was atrocious. The minute the guy breaks toward the plate, it’s like, ‘We got him!’ The game’s over at this point. The throw almost hit Chris Christie in the head.”

Leslie Brett Wife of George Brett “The reaction of the fans was kind of awesome because there were some pretty obnoxious ones that just were riding the players. And it felt like it was good karma for us. Look at the picture. It’s hilarious. All their hands are on their heads and they’re in disbelief. It was pretty funny from our perspective. So I got a kick out of it.”