I grew up in the era of Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford...so I was a Yankee fan. The Giants and Dodgers were moving to California, so good riddance. Then the Mets came along, but I was the right age to become a Yankee fan; 8-12 years old from 1956-1960, good years for Yankees and Giant fans. The Football Giants played in Yankee stadium at the same time, so the baseball Yankees and football Giants were like a match. My father was a big football fan of the Giants, so that influenced my allegiance. I also liked Frank Gifford; handsome, virile, suave and a good football player.

Mets-Jets go together also since they evolved at about the same time and played in Shea Stadium. Since Shea is on the east side of Manhattan, a lot of folks from that side of NY (Queens and Long Island) are Mets-Jets fans.