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How 1986 Mets World Series win saved a marriage

This week was the culmination of a yearlong celebration for Mets fans, for whom 1986 feels like last week. Thursday’s 30th anniversary of Game 7 was meaningful (especially because WOR radio was smart enough to rebroadcast the game, bringing Bob Murphy back to us for another night), but Tuesday’s 30th anniversary of Game 6 was the key date for most.

Everyone who invested so much of their souls in that team has a story to tell about that night, Oct. 25, 1986. The best one I’ve ever heard belongs to Robert Ferraro, who, in 1986, was a 14-year-old diehard living in Parsippany, N.