DENVER — Yoenis Cespedes crossed home plate, mouthed “Wow” and flashed a smile. He had just golfed a low curveball to the opposite field, over the wall in right-center field, and everyone at Coors Field seemed to have the same reaction as him.
His Mets teammates excitedly reached out to high-five him as he passed through the dugout, everyone making sure they at least touched his hand. They looked like the hordes of people who rush barricades just to touch the pope. A talent like Cespedes’s is that rare. Though his Mets career may last only another six weeks, they would remember nights like this.