Cohen said that baseball officials did not understand that “that no other city in the nation experienced that horrific day and its aftermath like we did in New York.” He added: “Three thousand people died here. Not in Kansas City. Not in Seattle. You know, Milwaukee and Seattle didn’t lose 343 firefighters. Unlike Denver or Atlanta, virtually everyone in this city and its suburbs knew somebody who perished that day.”
via Mets’ Announcer Weighs In on Cap Controversy – NYTimes.com.