Okay Petey F, your Amazing Mets came up short, but they went down swinging and had a valiant run. I was really hoping for that subway series. Honestly.
But now is not the time for tears or regrets over what could have been.
I’m asking for a favor.
Us Yankees fans would love for you to throw all of your baseball acumen and celestial weight behind the Boys from the Bronx. Hold your nose if you have to, but root for the East Coast over the West. I mean, let’s not forget that the Dodgers were the organization that left New York (well, Brooklyn anyway) behind for better weather, Hollywood stars and palm trees. And they took another NY team with them. Absolute scoundrels.
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/why-did-the-dodgers-and-giants-move-to-california-c303090362
Trust me, they didn’t do it just to leave an opening for the Metropolitans.
Your team snatched that opportunity in pure New Yorker fashion. Respect!
So, you being a lifetime (eternal) New Yorker, I need you to do me this one favor and help the Damn Yankees get one more ring.
If not for me, then do it for Steve Donahue, who actually graduated with you back in 74, and would really like another World Series Championship before he shuffles off this mortal coil. Do it for the rest of the New Yorkers, including many of the CSHS ’74 alumni that support the American League. I promise, I won’t tell. I’m sure Terry Hughes, the only other Mets fan I’ll admit to knowing, will give you a dispensation. I hear he’s got some pull with the church. (I mean, not that you need it)
https://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2018/06/28/when-can-you-get-a-dispensation-and-who-can-grant-it/
If nothing else, it will extend your baseball viewing season (just how big are the flat screens in heaven?!). Another couple of weeks with all the popcorn, hotdogs and cold beer you can consume without one calorie (or hangover). Otherwise, the powers that be will just be actively recruiting you with the other Met fans for relentless choir practice.
I’ll even do all of the vocal cursing at the TV for you, as I understand that is frowned upon in your new digs. Anyone who has read my books – or shared one phone call with me – knows I have cursing down to science.
So think about it. We have until Friday.
Well, it’s another Monday, so let’s rip the bandaid off and dive into it.
You fine, five readers finish your cuppas, get out there and be productive.
Feed your weekly sports Jones with Monday and Thursday Night Football.
Then root for the Yanks.
Me, I’m going to go out and cuddle some kitties and make my rounds.
Maybe light a candle or two.
But no matter what else we get up to, let us make today a great one.
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Sadly, the Dodgers do not vaguely resemble “Dem Bums” from the “Boys Of Summer” years in Brooklyn. They are slick, corporate-generated, Hollywood frontrunners now.
I am a longtime Mets fan (derived from my immigrants grandfather’s revulsion for the fat-cat Yankees of the 30s, 40s and 50s, his love for the NY Giants of Mays, Thomson, Rhodes et al. (despite his cousin being head usher at Yankees Stadium and his son being a happy presence in the Yankees dugout and clubhouse in the 40s and 50s), so a Mets fan I have been and will be…. but not in the next two weeks. I think your pal Pete Flanagan joins me in this jihad – and from a better strategic and tactical position!🙏🫶💯☘️