At Amazin’ Avenue, Chris McShanes ha the Mets’ five longest home runs of 2011. This is the best of them:

That’s about the most vicious thing you can do to a baseball, and of course Beltran did it with typical grace. I laughed out loud when I first re-watched it this morning, and I’ve probably played it about 10 times since.

I saw this one live from the left-field corner in Citi Field, a great seat for admiring the distance. In his previous at-bat, Beltran had pulled one of Dan Haren’s pitches foul into the upper deck in right, so I had a hunch he’d get one.

I brought it up on the podcast this week, actually, when considering our awards for best game and best home run of the season. This was the Mets’ last home game before I went on vacation, and I was worried they’d trade Beltran while I was gone and I’d never see him in a Mets’ uniform again. So I went to watch Beltran, and he did this.

Remember Carlos Beltran?