Very true Spaw. I grew up in the suburbs of NYC. I came of baseball age just as the Mets were born and I guess the young subversive in me decided to go with the underdog. My lifelong hatred of all things NY Yankees was born. Sorry for my intolerence. For years I drove around with a bumper sticker that said "Warning: I don't Brake For Yankee Fans".

But it is true about the fascination with the Yankees, even among the Yankee haters. There was something about #7 that everyone wanted that number. I did too, but I wanted it because it was also Ed Kranepools number!!

Ron