Top Banner Ads
|
The New York Mets have moved two times. Ok…so once was to another borough and the other time was across the parking lot. Franchises move. That’s how the Mets came along…because the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers moved to San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively.
The A’s are tied, sort of, to the New York Mets, because of the 1973 season…the season of Tug McGraw and Ya Gotta Believe! The A’s have been a storied franchise. Yet, they can’t seem to stay put.
Alan Karmin is an award-winning journalist and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent most of his life growing up in the New Jersey suburbs. Alan's family were avid Brooklyn Dodgers fans and when the Dodgers moved west, the Mets became the team to root for. The Mets have always been a true focal point, Alan even wrote a term paper in high school to analyze what was wrong with the Mets. While at the University of Miami, Alan honed his craft covering the, gulp, Yankees during spring trainings in Fort Lauderdale for a local NBC affiliate, as well as the Associated Press and UPI. He broadcasted baseball games for the University of Miami, and spring training games for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. New York Mets Mania is a forum for Alan to write about his favorite team and for baseball fans to chime in and provide their thoughts and ideas about New York's Amazin' Mets.
