Howie Rose had been waiting for this moment. So, too, had New York. The long-time Mets’ play-by-play announcer was on the call for Pete Alonso’s go-ahead home run in Thursday night’s deciding Game 3.

Mets played the Pete Alonso home run radio call from Howie Rose on the plane and everyone cheered The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. The New York Mets had an improbable and remarkable comeback victory thanks to an amazin’ home run from slugger Pete Alonso.

As Howie Rose’s call of Pete Alonso ’s season-saving home run began playing over the public address system on the New York Mets’ joyous charter flight out of Milwaukee, the veteran broadcaster briefly cupped his hands to his ears.