Hey there Steve. You don’t know me. I’ve been a Mets fan since 1974. I started watching on my own. My parents didn’t watch baseball. I was adopted and found out it […]
An Open Letter to Steve Cohen
Patti Aliventi
Once upon a time there was this website called Epinions. I wrote thousands of reviews there. I love books, movies, and television; mostly science fiction. I'm a gun-totin', meat-eatin' liberal with libertarian leanings who will voice my opinion.
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