Posted on 08/12/2009 11:38:41 AM PDT by Stoat
Thanks for the memory. As a boy growing up in Central NJ, I was a Mets fan from ‘62, and endured no end of teasing from my friends about how bad “my” team was (and they were). The ‘69 season was a sweet comeuppance. Of course, like the kids they were, they all got on the bandwagon. After that loss in Game 1, I remember my teachers all saying, well, it’s gonna be four straight games. It turned out that way, it was just a different set of four games.
Thanks for the memory. As a boy growing up in Central NJ, I was a Mets fan from 62, and endured no end of teasing from my friends about how bad my team was (and they were). The 69 season was a sweet comeuppance. Of course, like the kids they were, they all got on the bandwagon. After that loss in Game 1, I remember my teachers all saying, well, its gonna be four straight games. It turned out that way, it was just a different set of four games.There is also an excellent book chronicling the Chicago Cubs' side of that thriller of a pennant race, sparing no one, not even Leo Durocher (who may have burnt out both his veterans and his bullpens when crunch time really arrived, the Mets reheated, and a couple of critical series between the two teams ended up showing the Cubs the Mets weren't kidding around after all---to say nothing of just how severely Durocher's resurrected penchant for ump-baiting ended up turning National League umpires well enough against the Cubs if the decisions were close enough): Durocher's Cubs.
I know it was a bummer for the Cubs fans, but I think the Mets just went out and played with passion and enthusiasm and happened to catch lightning in a bottle for one glorious season. They don't come along very often. I will check on that book in the library.
The only Woodstock I knew in 1969 was on my M-14.
RVN 68-69-70
bttt
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