i've always been a Ryan fan.
for some strange reason i latched on to the Gil Hodges 1969 Amazin' Mets years after that season because i loved baseball and it was the year i was born. Koosman, Seaver, Ryan, McGraw...Agee, Kranepool, Harrelson, Cleon, Amos Otis, Ron Swoboda.
also latched on to them again in the mid 80's with Carter, Straw, Doc, Sid, Darling, Hondo, Backman, HoJo, Knight, Dykstra, Mookie, etc. but that's a different story.