Pete Alonso played the hero on Thursday night as the New York Mets won Game 3 of their Wild Card series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Alonso's three-run shot was literally historic and caused Mets fans to feel something they haven't felt in October in years—joy.

The origin of the purported rally gourd goes like this, according to Alonso: A week ago Thursday, when the Mets had an impromptu day off in Milwaukee after escaping rainy Atlanta, he and his wife, Haley, went to a farm in Wisconsin. He bought a pumpkin.

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.