Sticking with the blueshirts
I grew up with the 1969 Mets. There are worse things to grow up with. Some years later, in the movie "Oh, God," George Burns, in the role of God, explained: "The last miracle I performed was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think ypu'd have to go back to the Red Sea!" But I also grew up with the New York Rangers, and the Rangers never got big miracles. The Rangers history was terrible; in a league with just 6 teams, 4 of which annually made the playoffs, the Rangers were almost always one of the two that would fail to qualify. But my Rangers had Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle and Brad Park and Billy Fiarburn. I knew who every player on that team was. I had a Sports Illustrated poster of fearless maskless Eddie Giaocomin on the bedroom wall, facing down John Mckenzie of the Big Bad Bruins. At least one time per season, my father would get us the Tuscan company seats -- section 112, Orange -- for a game. We'd get t...