I attended all 3 games of an Oct. of ’85 Cardinals/Mets series that began with 3 games separating the teams in the NLE standings with a handful of games to go. It was as intense as any post-season game I’d ever attended before or after. I had to look up all the details to refresh my memory, but I recall being situated way up high in the upper deck section above RF at Busch Memorial Stadium for all 3 games. That stadium was so loud and raucous that I vividly recall looking up at the precast arch shaped concrete overhang architectural adornments hanging above our heads. The entire venue seemed to be bouncing and swaying as over 50,000 rabid baseball fans were clapping their hands and stomping their feet in unison and I was a little concerned about having somewhere near 100 long tons of concrete conk me on my coconut…Haha! The first game was a Redbird loss which pulled the hated Mets within 2 games, but it’s the one I best recall. John Tudor and Ron Darling battled pitch for pitch in a game that extended into extra innings tied at 0-0. In the visitor half of the 11th with the score still tied at zero, Strawberry uncoiled on a bases empty, 2 out mistake from Ken Dayley that seemed to still be rising as it violently slammed into the RF scoreboard right below where we were sitting. It’s one of the longest HR’s I’ve ever seen hit to RF at the old venue and proved to be the winning run of a 1-0 final. The Mets also won the next night’s ballgame to pull within 1 game, but the Cardinals salvaged the last game of the series to place them 2 games atop the NLE with 3 to go. At any rate, those 3 games were the definition of a pennant race that was hotly contested to the very end. I don’t think they make ’em quite like that anymore.