As a life long Yankee fan I was flexible enough in 1962 to let former Yankee Manager and then Met Manager Casey Stengel's "Metsies" in as my second favorite team and am proud to say that Joanne and I won Banner Day at Shea Stadium in 1964 and I caught my only foul ball (off the bat of Felix Millan) in 1976 at Shea.

I gave this background as prelude to tonight's Yankee-Met contest at Citi Field where I will be one of 125 Gothamites (including Joanne, our 2 sons and 2 grandsons) roosting in the center field stands below the Home Run Apple and the nearby ever yummy Shake Shack. 

Corey Bearak and I cooked up this perfect storm way back in February when we had no idea Terry Collins was going to be National League Manager of the Year.  

Now the Mets are rolling through a magical season fueled by a late season Cespedes infusion and have such a big lead that even they probably can't blow it. 

Having said all of the above, the main purpose of this blog is to plead to the Mets and the Baseball Gods to have them lay down for the Yankees who are in second place in a hot pennant race and desperate for wins.   However, such cross town courtesy is unlikely as the Mets need to keep winning as they attempt to achieve home field advantage through out the Playoffs (thank you Stu Cantor for the reminder). 

It is so exciting that I might lose my head and scream "It's great to be young and a Batman"!