After the Giants won the opener 5 1, the Mets won the next three games 5 4, 3 2, and 4 0, the last on a one-hitter by Jones.
Early in his career, Kennan wrote that he was resigned to "the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been".
Then John Franco did his part, relieving Benitez with a runner at first base and no one out and securing three successive outs, the last on a call of strike three on Barry Bonds that the Mets had not got in a critical situation in the first game.
"Brendan met the last on a young man's stride!" Tizzard said approvingly.
On national tests, Louisiana still comes last or nearly last on a range of measures.
The world is, at last, on a new pathway to managing our global climate crisis.
The smiles came last on a day of emotional extremes for Dale Jarrett.
Canada has come last on a WWiF scorecard of G8 countries' efforts against climate change.
That Super Bowl game was Coughlin's last on a Giants sideline, a hiatus of 13 years.
Listener wonders when President was last on a train.... Taxi driver asks writer if President was inside mailing a letter.
Gonzalez scored three runs, the last on a double by Palmer in the seventh which proved to be the difference.
