Little guys and the big win

Love this differentiation between the Mets and Yankees, from Bob Brody in Newsday:

In my heart of hearts, here’s what I suspect explains my change of attitude. I’ve now lived long enough to understand, to appreciate, that most of us are inherently more Met than Yankee. Yes, we may win a championship now and then. But more likely we’re underdogs, ever lagging, our lives more struggle than success.

And that may compel us to prefer humility over arrogance. That’s why most of us would probably rather bet on David than Goliath. We hunger for the impossible to become the probable.

I don’t know that this covers my longtime love of the Mets — I lived in Rockaway Beach in Queens when I discovered baseball, the year before they shocked the Orioles and the world. But it does explain my disdain for the corporate, big-money Yankees and their (mostly) spoiled fans.

To that point, this piece in The New York Times is worth reading.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet