Been a Mets fan since '62 in high school (four blocks from Yankee Stadium!) When we came out from England, my aunt and uncle, Bushwick Avenue Brooklynites, were rabid Dodger fans. Thus we became ones too. No cherce.
After they went to LA, I was traumatized. I "hate" the Dodgers now!
Mets are real life - ups and downs, guys who can make mistakes but get up and go on, no expectations like the Yankee types - only hopes, forever hopes. It's real life, and it's been magnificent. I bleed Mets blue and orange! I miss Gary, Keith and Ron, the very best of the best of announcers.