I was away last week, visiting my niece and great nephew in Colorado, so I haven’t had a lot of time to write my column. (I’m also working on a TV show that’s going into production in May, so that’s had to take some priority.) I decided to go with an edited version of a classic: being positive about being a New York Mets fan. After all, baseball season has just begun, and the Mets were off to an 0-4 start through Monday.

This could be a long season, but I’m used to it. I’ve been a Mets fan since a young rookie pitcher named Tom Seaver showed up in 1967. The guy had a way about him that you knew would someday take this young and sorry franchise from being a joke to being a winner. Sure enough, in 1969 the Mets went from lovable losers to World Series champs. Yep, their first winning season they won it all.

They made the playoffs and World Series again in 1973. They lost to the Oakland A’s,........

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