Thinking back about that moment in time, Todd Zeile doesn’t talk about the at-bats, the Mike Piazza home run or even the nervousness from that Sept. 21, 2001 game. The first Major League Baseball contest played in New York City after the Sept. 11 terror attacks has been boiled down to those video clips over the years.
But, Zeile, who started at first base that night for the New York Mets, remembers the hugs.
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The Mets’ first game back at Shea after the attacks was a huge moment for a city that had not had any normalcy in the 10 days since two airliners hit the World Trade Center and sent them crumbling to the ground. Piazza’s home…
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