Apple-unlove is out there, much as I disagree with it. The pushing the "Big Apple" name back to prominence was of a piece with the "I HEART NY" campaign and the later-blooming re-vitalization of the Mets, the former two designed to restore dignity and celebration to a city and state in New York during the late Beame administration, but hitting full flower (along with the Mets) as the Koch administration became synonymous with the city and its revitalization. It was a good thing for the Mets to grab on to. My Dad was working at the Regency Hotel circa 1981, and he was giving a guest a pep talk, telling the woman how, yes, the city is dangerous, but here's the way to stay safe, and here's a bunch of wonderful things to see and do while you're here, and I'm hoping you have the visit of a lifetime. He gave this pitch at the request of a fellow lobby employee having excused himself from keep-an-eye-on-the-mayor duty, as Mayor Koch was in the lobby after addressing a trade group in one of the ballrooms. Dad had turned that post over to his deputy as he made this pitch to the guest. But the mayor had overheard him, walked over, greeted the guest, and reached into his pocket to pull out a pin, pinning it on my Dad's lapel. It was an apple, not unlike the one that was starting to pop out of top hats at Shea. Koch declared my father an "Official Apple Polisher" � a diplomat for the city. Vive la Pomme! Check out Ron Hodges around the halfway point, taunting the piss out of Tito Landrum after Mookie's walkoff.