Doris was one hell of a fan though...Bob raisman remembers her after her death.. ]Overnight loses family member "Thank you for your time and courtesy." That's how Doris From Rego Park ended all her telephone calls to radio sports talkies. The depths of the night can be very daunting. Especially if you are sick. Especially if you are lonely. Especially if you just want to talk to somebody. That's when Doris did her best work. Sometime between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Usually it was with WFAN's Joe Benigno. The two of them talked like family. And all of us who are up and around at that hour were part of it, too. Oh, it wasn't always smooth sailing. A few times Doris went wiggy on Benigno because he put her on too close to an update or commercial break. At those very cantankerous moments you knew Benigno was thinking about the many times he let Doris go on and on and on. His tone presented an image of a guy throwing his arms up in the air and saying: "Geesh, what do you want from me?" That's okay. Families do have their moments. For Doris, it was always about the Mets. She spoke as if they were family, too. We all knew what season ticket plan she had at Shea and what games she would be attending. And after almost every Mets game, Doris would be on the air with some talkie. As she rehashed the game, always interrupted by a constant cough brought on by her battles with breast and lung cancer, the sheer intensity of her love for the Mets always came through. That's what was so cool about Doris. She didn't have particularly startling insights, but man did she have passion. Day after summer day, night after summer night, she ground it out with her team. Most fans are pretenders. They really aren't totally plugged into all 162. Doris was always there. Even in late September, long after the Mets lost all hope. There wasn't a phoney bone in Doris' body. She liked Doc and Darryl, but she loved her Lenny. Doris had her favorite talkies too. Benigno. Jody McDonald. Suzyn Waldman. Ian (The Bird) Eagle. Don LaGreca. Over the years, she would call me with questions, mostly about sports talk radio. The last time I spoke with Doris was in June. Fox Sports wanted her to read the Mets lineup prior to a Subway Series interleague game at Yankee Stadium. Doris said she was too sick to go to the Bronx. I suspect she just didn't want to set foot in Yankee Stadium. If the game was at her beloved Shea, well, I still want to believe she would have been there, proudly reading the Mets lineup on TV. Today, following a memorial service in Rego Park, they will bury Doris Bauer, who died last week at the age of 58. The cancer finally got her. It took away a familiar voice. A voice full of concern for her Mets. It took away a piece of the radio night. Thank you, Doris. Thank you for your time and courtesy. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/story/137145p-121982c.html