Good to see you again

Dr. Uetz

The celebratory mood in Boston last night must have been something to experience. Watching it on TV, I expelled a half chuckle. I slowed my attack on the cocktail in my hand and thought for a moment about 1986 and the appropriateness of Boston's choosing to honor them before game 1 of their series with the Mets (albeit a meaningless series, not like the 7 gamer twenty years ago). And as the game ended and the Red Sox faithful cheered and jeered, I couldn't help but smile. Because the Mets still won the 1986 World Series. Gary Carter still got his two out single. Ray Knight still skipped down the third base line. A boy named Paul Lo Duca jumped up and down on his bed as the Mets wrapped up the forgotten seventh game.

Yes they were all there last night - "Oil Can" Boyd, Wade Boggs, Jim Rice, Marty Barrett, Bruce Hurst, etc. etc. "We still know what happened," Hurst said. "We know how the whole thing ended."

So it seemed strange to me to celebrate before playing the team that stole your pixie dust and your dreams. They should have celebrated before playing the Yankees. Why the Mets?

But I'm glad they won. They needed it, at least Wade and Jim and Marty perhaps. Maybe it made them feel a little better. But it probably still falls short of getting Mookie out at first.

BTW, Mets are up 12. Cubs are 20 under .500. But only 2 more years and the Cubs can celebrate the 100th anniversary of their last World Series championship. That must feel good. Perhaps they can kick off the celebration by moving back to the West Side Grounds.