Mike Piazza Mets hall of fame: Sunday marked the day that potential future hall of famer took his rightful spot for a franchise that during his tenure, made the 2000 World Series.

Fans packed Citi Field in Flushing, Queens for the Mets last game of the season as Mike Piazza was enshrined into the hall of fame of the franchise.

"If you look at the big picture of life, you realize that sometimes there's just a destiny in things. And I truly feel it was my plan to be here, in one way, shape or form. It may not have been the most beautiful journey at the time, but it was meant to be," Mike Piazza said to the fans as he accepted the honor to be in the Mets hall of fame.

New York won the game in the eighth inning by scoring two runs to take the 3-2 lead. The Mets shut it down in the ninth to make Mike Piazza's day extra sweet.

"The Hall of Fame, I truly feel I got a lot of support," Piazza said. "It's a process. I'm very proud of my career. Obviously I put my body of work up against anybody, I've said before. But, you know what? I truly feel that the process is a beautiful thing as well. It is what it is. I mean, looking back, Yogi [Berra] had three ballots. And Joe DiMaggio three ballots."

He added to the possibility of making it to the MLB hall of fame, even though he played in an era where every power hitter is looked at differently for steroids and other performance enhancing drugs.

"When you retire, you get retrospective. You think of things in the bigger picture. And so if I'm so blessed and honored to get to that point someday, I will enjoy it and be proud and wear the honor that is so important. Up until that point, I can only do like an artist -- here's my work, my canvas -- and it's out of my hands. The process, it's cool and amazing and very interesting and historic. I know throughout history there is always going to be debate. That's the best thing about baseball. That's the best thing about sports."

"But the positive is that you see how resilient the game is. You see at the end of the day it comes down to baseball. It is a game that has shown through its ups and downs and through its imperfection, it is a game that people really love. As I've said, I wish we could go back and do it differently. And I'm sure it would have been a different world.