The Jets Phenomenon

Jets Fans Then & Now I remember Shea Stadium as the NY Jets Home, especially when standing room was $3 and $5 a couple of years later. The Jets, BTW, were the 1st World Champions of Shea Stadium, not the Mets.

That chant of "J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets", originated with The Anzalone Brothers, Mike The Sanitationman and Ed The Fireman. Both are from College Point in Queens, not far from Citi Field. It's a chant which originated in Giants Stadium.

I hated The Meadowlands. I miss Ol' Shea, as it was the "Spiritual Home of The Jets", going back to Joe Willie Namath, Don Maynard and Matt Snell. With NJ State Troopers around Giants Stadium, it felt like one was in another country. Considering that the Jets Fan base is Long Island Oriented, New Jersey seems like another country altogether.

And they would have been back in NYC had it not been for those Madoff Investors, Charles and Jim Dolan, controllers of Cablevision and MSG, home to a certain NBA Team, who SUCK, called The Knicks, though they are improving. Making a deal with Al D'Amato to block the West Side Stadium, is a sign that The Dolans' are monopolists, who fear competition.

The irony of yesterday's victory is that loads of Jets Fans filled up THE Most Rabid Boston Red Sox-New England Patriots Bar in the NY-NJ Region. Business was brisk and all had a great time. Hey! ONLY In NY!

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