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...overlook above a park. Groups of people sat with children while others wandered in and out of the play areas. Beneath the stairs there appeared to be some kind of workshop where men were hammering the pieces of a large machine - perhaps of the escalator for the nearby subway entrance. The people in the park were variously hostile, curious and friendly...
This World Series reduced the "World" to two of the five boroughs of New York City. Media sentimentalism ensued, nostalgic rhapsodies about the "subway series." My guess is that the rest of the country is satisfied to watch one New York team at a time - at most. One species of the lout is enough. Most people do not distinguish the mythologies of the Mets from those of the Yankees (it's not the same as the old Yankee-Dodger dichotomy) and so it was hard for outlanders to know which side to root...
...honest. Aside from New Yorkers, the chances of a Subway Series a month ago seemed as probable as a BART series. The Yanks had lost eight straight and entered the Division Series with the worst record of any playoff team. The Mets weren't in much better shape as the fourth seed...
...nice to know, George. That is the type of specificity that I am looking for in a president. Finally, when a lady asked about how you would deal with diversity, you said, "Quotas tend to pit one group of people against another. Quotas are bad for America." The Subway Series in New York has pitted Mets fans against Yankee fans. Is the Subway Series bad for America...
...intending to enroll in History 1653: "Baseball in American Society"-- Professor of History William E. Gienapp now has the ammunition to make his lectures even denser than they were before. It has been 44 years since a National League team and an American League team have met in a Subway Series. The historic moment has finally arrived...