The magic of October
I became a Mets fan in 1969. It was their magical year, and I was just old enough to start following the game in earnest. I have been a loyal and passionate fan ever since.
When I went into politics full time I had not thought through all the consequences of my career choice. You see October is a busy time in my day job, making it a whole lot harder to follow my boys when they make their October run. I missed big chunks of the 2000 playoffs, when they went all the way to the World Series. And yesterday I missed Delgado's home run and David Wright's two doubles on their way to a first game win. But this year I have three surrogates, rooting at home, wearing their Mets clothes - Jed, Will and Kate, my three kids. They all wore their Mets gear yesterday, bought by grandpa, another die-hard Mets fan. My oldest son Jed, the same age now I was in 1969, regaled me with stories of the game when I got home last night. He has caught the baseball virus, no doubt about it.
A few years ago when I would go to New York I would joke that I was both a Mets fan and a Democrat, suffering at the superiority of the Yankees and Republicans. What is so sweet this October is that it sure appears that we Mets fans and Democrats are not a suffering lot anymore.
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