Dr. Anthony Fauci recently gave his recommendation on how MLB can still have a season in 2020, but the nation’s top doc is a big baseball fan himself.
In fact, the Bensonhurst, Brooklyn native said he grew up a big New York Yankees fan and recalled the days of Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle in a recent interview with YES Network’s Jack Curry.
“I think people who don’t come from the New York area – at least are not old like I am and come from the New York area – don’t realize back then that half the people in Brooklyn were Yankee fans. There was a wonderful competitiveness and rivalry between the friends who were Dodgers fans and Yankees fans,” Fauci said. “We had a whole culture. It was Duke Snider vs. Mickey Mantle. Yogi Berra vs. Roy Campanella. Pee-Wee Reese vs. Phil Rizzuto.
Since Fauci lives closer to the D.C. area, he said he typically attends 10-12 Washington Nationals games a year.
“There’s something about the ballpark … I think every baseball park has a tradition and beauty to it,” he said. “But there’s something about walking into the stadium, with the neatly manicured grass, and everything perfect out there and just sitting down and getting a hot dog and a beer and just getting into the rhythm of the game. I mean, there’s something about baseball, if you love it.”