From the Citi Field opening day program:
"There was no lack of shattering news events in the year 1969. There was the Jets Super Bowl III victory, the Woodstock Festival and Concert, Lyndon Johnson leaving office and the ascendancy of Richard Nixon to the Presidency, the implementation of the first artificial heart and Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon.
But for sheer drama and surprise, nothing could match what happened on October 16, the date the expansion New York Mets sent shock waves through the baseball world by defeating the Baltimore Orioles for the World Series Championship."
Man walked on the fucking moon...but that's got nothin' on the Mets winning a World Series.
The Dalles, Dallesport, Dallas
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Arguably, the Jets win had more surprise and drama. At least that's how I remember it.....
ReplyDeleteI was a Tigers' fan, so I hated the Orioles....