Mets fan myself, and you’ve put it exactly right.
Oh, we could talk Mets ball for a while! I showed my son bauerpauer my tape of Game 6 of the 86 Series as a way of showing him that it really AIN’T over till it’s ALL over. He was amazed (being in fourth grade at the time). I just told him about Game 6 of the NL playoffs against the Astros. I sat in my car for a couple of hours after the 9th came and went, waiting to pay a store bill. Wouldn’t leave till it was over. I had San Franciscans coming up to me in the car, asking about the game.
My summers growing up were spent with Lindsey Nelson on the radio.