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Wow, he was a star with the Rangers during the years when I was growing up on Long Island. You'd think his name would at least be a little familiar to me, but I honestly have no recollection of him at all. (Maybe I would have known his name in 1975 or so, but I can't really be sure of that.)

I currently live in an area full of crazed Philadelphia Eagles fans, and I'm not sure that I can name any of their players either. I guess I'm good at tuning out things I don't care about.


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Seems they might have dug a bit and found an even more appropriate Ranger to hand him a sweater:

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ray-ferraro-watched-bay-grow-into-perfect-fit-for-mets-1.1683904

Long before Ferraro was an all-star with the Islanders and a free-agent signee with the Rangers, he grew up in tiny Trail, British Columbia, and watched the Mets' new slugger grow up.

"His mom's sister is one of my oldest friends. She used to babysit him..."


Also, his dad? A zinc smelter. So, our new LF/son-of-a-smelter may actually have a blue-collar mentality.


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Gilbert was definitely the most popular Ranger of his time and qualifies as a legend in this town - at least for the minority who follow hockey.
It all just seems like a lame attempt at a theme party to me that adds nothing to the presser even among those who 'get it'


I think Gilbert being there has more to do with the Wilpons sucking up to the NHL to get next year's New Years Day classic...


Probably true.




The only Rangers who made an impression on me in the 1970s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNjntNHHUs0
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I think Gilbert being there has more to do with the Wilpons sucking up to the NHL to get next year's New Years Day classic...[/quote:15xcsv9i]

That might be the case. But it was still a nice moment.


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Does anyone else think that Jason Bay looks an awful lot like John Olerud?


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TMF shoots...
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TMF scores.


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Well, they both spent a lot of time in Canada. And they're both from the Pacific Northwest area.

Maybe everyone who fits those criteria looks like that?
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I think Gilbert being there has more to do with the Wilpons sucking up to the NHL to get next year's New Years Day classic...[/quote:22n0join]

Well, if he was going to associate the Mets with hockey, then I'd have preferred that he associate with a team with a more winning tradition (cups) and had either an Islander or a Devil there.

Later


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I just watched Mets Hot Stove and Bay seems like a very likable guy, and, while I know that the clips were carefully selected, watching him hit all those homers for Boston made me quite eager to see him play for the Mets a few months from now.

Also, both Kevin Burkhardt and David Lennon fully expect both Carlos Delgado and Bengie Molina to be Mets this season.


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