The Hilarious Moment The Mets Hit Too Many Home Runs And Ran Out Of Fireworks
Every fan loves a home run. At Citi Field, however, these usually come with fireworks lighting up the Queens skyline. Recently, the New York Mets managed to short-circuit their own celebration. After smashing so many long balls, the pyrotechnics crew actually ran out of fireworks. Yes, you read that right—the Mets’ bats were so hot they outpaced the supply of explosives. Perhaps what makes this even funnier is that this is the same Mets who had spent much of the summer struggling.
A Night When Everything Clicked
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Mets fans were treated to one of the most absurdly joyful problems in sports: what happens when you hit too many homers? You run out of fireworks, apparently. And the scoreboard’s apology sealed it—“We apologize for the inconvenience.”
Citi Field has never been known as a hitter’s paradise, and the franchise itself has spent decades being defined more by pitching legends than slugging feats. Yet from the very first inning, the bats had other ideas.
Pete Alonso, the Polar Bear himself, led the charge with a towering blast that nearly cleared the batter’s eye. Francisco Álvarez followed with a thunderous shot of his own. By the time Brett Baty got in on the action, the stadium was buzzing.
With each homer, the crowd expected another explosion in the sky, only to discover the pyrotechnics team had already emptied the stash. Alonso’s second bomb of the night received no fiery exclamation point. The Mets finally gave their fans more than they bargained for.
Rare History in Queens
To fully appreciate the comedy of the situation, you have to understand how rare it is for the Mets to flex like this. Their all-time single-game mark of eight was set in Philadelphia, a stadium notorious for inflating power numbers. At Citi Field, though, it’s practically unheard of.
Fans Turned the Moment into Comedy Gold
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On Reddit’s r/baseball, the jokes flew as quickly as Alonso’s homers. One Mets fan called it “a good problem to have.” Another imagined the facilities manager cringing at the thought of stocking “more flammable and explosive devices inside a stadium full of 60,000 people.” Another fan simply declared, “We apologize for the CONVENIENCE.”
Even the absurd logistics became fodder. “Seems like bad planning,” one fan teased, before being reminded that the odds of such a power surge are about one in 5,000 games. Others pointed out that Citi Field probably didn’t stock much given Alonso’s reputation for tape-measure shots.
What It Says About Baseball’s Charm
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This was an unlikely win for the Mets, a franchise long defined by improbable missteps. The irony of a team mocked for finding new ways to embarrass itself, stumbling into a night where their only misstep was too much success, is quite a tale. In the end, the story of the Mets running out of fireworks is about a fan base getting the rare chance to laugh, cheer, and shake its head all at once.