Brings back great memories: I was in NYC for games 6 & 7. Couldn't get tickets but still soaked up the energy and excitement of being in the city and watching with fans in bars and restaurants. Also, this was the last time I visited New York City, almost 40 years ago.
Although I’m a die hard Braves fan who hates the Mets with a passion I respect greatness RIP to hall of fame catcher Gary Carter also RIP to Stengel, Vin and Joe ! One of the great closing credits and monologues of all time! Losing hurts more than being a winner feels good facts Joe RIP !
Yes but when that happened I have a huge red sox fan close older cousin in hs at that time who moved from Boston to NY & we watched the Yankees game. My uncle & him watched as at a family get together. His dad & him were literally in tears not in a good way seeing wade boggs obviously spent his best years w/ the sox. So when he won the ws as a ny Yankee as Bostonians of course loathed the Yankees. Esp more so when in 96 they were 8 years away still from the title. So the sight of boggs on a horse winning w/ his old teams bitter rivals was very upsetting for them to watch. Calling him a traitor & how dare he & how much Boston loved him it was a knife in the heart etc. That was my first intro to red sox fans. It was pretty scary how passed they were lol. My other uncle who is a ny guy hos whole life is a die hard Mets fan & hated the Yankees as much as the Boston fans lol. Like Boston fans have no ill will or hatred the Mets beat them. The only stigma of the curse to them was " it wasn't the Yankees but still ny " I actually think red sox fans would be cool about Mets fans cause they hate them as much as they do. Lol. Like I love seeing the Yankees lose so me & my fellow met fan uncle were so happy to see Boston humiliate the Yankees in still to this day the biggest choke job of all time in sports.
@@nattyps3160I’m a Braves fan imagine how bad I was feeling after seeing us choke away a 2-0 lead by losing the final 3 games ever at the old Fulton County Stadium RIP ! After losing game 5 and going back to NY I knew it was over ! I truly believed we were going to repeat as World Series champions smh but just like the rapper Kurtis Blow said those are the breaks you feel me !
