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Burns: A Lifelong Mets Fan Reflects On The Miracle Happening Before Us

By James Burns

Friends keep asking how I feel about the Mets in the postseason.

Many of them know I’ve been a Mets fan for over 40 years. Forty-six years, to be precise.

Most of my life.

I know that it’s ridiculous for any grown man to get wrapped up in a sports team’s destiny. But the truth is, it’s the day-to-day verisimilitude of baseball that I love: the simple joy of watching a game on TV or at the park, or listening to merry voices on the radio doing a good job of calling the game.