I enjoyed running groups to Citifield for this series. In addition to Gotham, I organized a Pythian outing the night before. Being surrounding my many friends makes it a lot of fun. I enjoyed connecting folks who had not met at other events.
And note to Fred, if my boy Wilmer were healthy.......
And you have loved to have been present just before your boy Judge's Wed. Homer for the chat between Ira Spiegel's wife, Abbe, and my friend and basketball buddy Eric Diamond and wearer of a #99 jersey that eve.

Wait till next year. Mets will be back.

I am so glad to have been able to join Gotham this year for the first time with my daughter Jamie who is an avid Mets fan. I'm sorry we didn't stay for the whole game. The Mets may have not played up to their full potential but Corey certainly did. We had the pleasure of sitting next to him and watched as he spent the beginning of the game fixated on his iPad working to ensure everyone got to enjoy the game. Just amazing.

Another great evening! It's all about the camaraderie. Thank you Corey for organizing.

I love your stalwart loyalty and enthusiasm. You have a boundless capacity for fun and joy!
xo

I believe the Nassau County We Care Foundation was there too. I was in Montauk enjoying sushi and a glass of rose on a dock.

I'm still a Yankee fan and I never thought I would have another Yankee to idolize. And then along came this 6'7", 282 pound amiable, gap toothed giant, Aaron Judge, a latter day Paul Bunyon who was adopted at birth and brought up to be a seeming well mannered, soft spoken paragon of virtue who boarders on being too good to be true.

Here's the problem, after the All Star game, his dream Home Run Derby winning season seemed to be unraveling before my adoring eyes. At one point he has just one (dribbler) hit in his first 21 post Home Run Derby at bats.

His fall off bothered me so much that I stopped watching the games. It could make a grown man cry. That's the down side of obsession!

The first Subway Series in fact was the The World Series between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees in October of 1921 . The World Series between the Mets and The Yankees coined the phrase in 2000 . Many Dodgers/ Yankees World Series in the 50's became classics . And yes you could take a Subway from Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx . I won't bore you with the lineups of say the 1952 World Series between the Dodgers and the Yankees but to say I was there . Jackie Robinson played second base for the Dodgers and Mickey Mantle played centerfield for the Yankees . Those WERE the days my friends . You could smoke a cigar right in your seat . By the bottom of the ninth the air was clouded with cigar smoke and the stadium smelled like New York in all its richness and glory . Men wore suits and ties and the ladies wore their best dresses . Beer , peanuts and hot dogs . Mel Allen at the mike for the Yanks and Red Barber for the Dodgers followed by the legendary Vin Scully who retired just this year . Of course the Dodgers and The Giants played each other all the time and those series were the original Subway Series although they played in the same National League . The Giants played in the Polo Grounds a cross the Harlem River from Yankee Stadium . Willie Mays and company with Russ Hodges at the mike . You could actually walk between both stadiums . I remember going to bed on those summer nights . It was still light out . My transistor radio in one hand and my Mickey Mantle rookie card in the other . My mom gave my cards away along with my original Lionel train set . Hence I had to work for a living . I think Fred might still have one tucked away in his vault.

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