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1 'i Mayor Koch a High-Roller on Mets On East End of Island, Red Sox Well-Received By Ron Davis and Jennifer Preston Predicting the Meta would capture the World Series championship in six games. Mayor Edward Koch said yesterday that he has already begun preparations for a ticker-tape parade through the canyons of lower Manhattan. "There isnt enough ticker tape in the country, so we are sort of trying to find it wherever we can, Koch said. "If we dont have enough, I have advised the three deputy mayors to take all the telephone books and cut them up." Boston Mayor Bay Flynn, who said he believed the Red Sox would take the Series in seven games, said he has not yet made plans for a victory celebration in Beantown. "I wait to make sure that we are able to L' what we say we are going to do, he said, "although I feel very confident that the Red Sox will win." When Koch first thought Flynn wanted to bet him a Boston lobster for a New York corned beef sandwich, Koch accused his colleague of "not having any imagination and added that "corned beef.

New York-ttyle, does not travel welL "Secondly, even if you sent a fine corned beef sandwich to Boston they wouldnt appreciate it, Koch said. The mayors settled on a wager in which the loser would unfurl the winner's flag outside of his city hall and fly it for a week. Koch finally agreed to throw a corned beef sandwich into the deal, along with a bushel of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Mor-genthaus apples, against Boston baked beans and dam chowder. To Houston Mayor Kathryn Whitmire, Koch yesterday fired off a letter, along with a "I Love NY Mets Dont Tread on Us flag, which Whitmire agreed last week she would fly in downtown Houstons Tranquility Park should the Astros lose. Koch requested the flag be protected around the clock by two Houston police officers or one Texas Ranger.

Whitmires press secretary, Paul Mabry, said the mayor would keep her bet with Koch and put up the flag today. Mabry said she would also keep her bet with television host David Let-terman and place a photograph of Mets outfielder Mookie Wilson behind her desk for four days. What police protection will Houston provide for the flag? "It will fly there with dignity and honor, Mabry said. "We dont have the kind of citizens in downtown Houston where we would have to keep a constant vigil. We will return the flag in good repair.

By Bob Wacker and Joshua Quittner Maybe its because Boston Red Sox star Carl Yastraemski was born and raised in Bridgehamp-ton. Maybe its because many New Englanders migrated to Long Islands East End. Or maybe its because without cable or large antennas. East End televisions can pick up only Connecticut and Rhode Island television stations. Whatever the reasons, Bosox Fever is gripping the East End.

If not totally, then certainly more than communities farther west, closer to the Queens home of the New York Mets. "Its tremendous out here, said Rusty Pots, a radio personality on WLNG, a Sag Harbor station, and a self-described Red Sox fanatic. Pots recently dedicated a call-in show to a conversation with Bos ton Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman. "lie treated us like we were a big network. He gave us a lot of time.

While other persona questioned did not characterise the extent of Red Sox support as being as strong as Pots did, they did say that there were significant numbers of people who will be rooting for the American League entry in the World Series. "At Town Hall, about half of us are Mets fans and half of us are Sox fans, said Fred Thiele, the Southampton Town attorney and a Mets fain. "Once a year, a whole bunch of us go to Fenway were all rooting for each other so we could have a war next week. Thiele was one of those who said that television has created a "distinct New England influence on the East End. Mets Put World Series Where It Oughta Be Continued from Page 4 ning hit to Len Dykstra.

"You would have expected him to be in one of those Fleischmanns-and-a-Strohs moods, he said. "But what does he order? A cup of coffee. The jury in the Rastelli racketeering trial in Brooklyn came back just as Wednesdays endless playoff finale was beginning. But hopes of being able to watch the game at home were dashed when the jurors began bickering and the judge sent them back. So, from the briefcases of the writing crowd emerged three TVs the size of Triscuits, and around them gathered 12 defendants, their families, defense attorneys, UA marshals, FBI agents, court clerks, U.S.

attorneys and reporters. For more than five hours, their eyes and emotions were strained. "I cant watch anymore, said defendant Philip Goldstein, an official of Local 517, walking away. "Fm worried about a more important game. (He was the only defendant acquitted.) "Can you believe this scene? asked an incredulous U.S.

marshal as he surveyed the courtroom, which was beginning to resemble a family room more than a court of law. "Good guys. bad guys, wise guys, reporters and FBI agents all together because of baseball. This is the most amazing thing. And its all because of baseball.

Modesty will not prevail at the Empire State Building, where building managers have decided to bathe their landmark in the orange and blue color scheme of the Mets uniforms. It is the first time the team has been so honored. "Last night, the game wasnt even over, but I told the electricians to make the arrangements anyway, said Charles Guigno, the buildings director of operations. Tm the eternal optimist. I knew the team would do it.

The skyline spectacle was also prepared for the Yankees in 1981, Guigno said, but representing pinstripes proved impossible. So they settled on blue and white, which probably did not draw nearly as many sighs of recognition as will the current display. The lights, which were turned on last night at dusk, will remain on at night until the Series is over. The proximity of New York and Boston and the resultant enmity between the two old rivals is producing frequent examples of behind-the-iines courage from resistance fighters. Trim, for example, the case of Richard Dalrymple, formerly the head of the Long Island Association and a rabid local sports fen.

A year ago, he accepted a job as a senior executive with the Bank of Boston. "I guess Fm not exactly endearing myself to the troops, he said from Cape Cod, where he was touring the banks holdings. "I had a Mets pin on my suit, and people at the bank thought I was crazy. Not being a Red Sox fen in Boston at any time of year in a lonely profession, said Dalrymple. But being a Mets fan at a time when Boston is looking for its first Series win since 1918 is positively dangerous.

"I came pretty close to getting strung up," he said. To Boston, New forkers All Foul great business." He says his crowd dislikes only one thing more than New York City: Gary Carter. "You got to hate him, eaya Eddie. "He couldnt understand why he didnt get the MVP. He couldn't understand why anyone would consider Mike Schmidt.

A Mets lover has no more chance with Eddie Andelman than that Valiant in Kenmore Square. And the first game isn't until tomorrow night. EJ. Kahn III is a writer for Boa-ton magazine. Mets.

STRAWBERRY? Give ua a break, says Eddie. "People laugh at the New York teams, he says. "They laugh at the broadcasting. Phil Rizzuto. Holy cow.

The Money Store. Its childish. But to Andelman and everyone who listens to his Boston radio show, the real mystery is why anyone would live in New York. "A corned beef sandwich is nine bucks, Eddie says. "The cab drivers dont speak English.

I mean, its a nice place to spend a Friday or Saturday night. Dont get me wrong. Thats why the shuttle does such Continued from Page 4 trade. But the thing that still galls BiMi and his friends was that the New York Giants used to be pumped into New England on the tube instead of the fledgling Patriots. Not only did Eddie and his friends have to stomach Chris Schenkels sappy play-by-play, they were asked to embrace linebacker Sam Huff as some kind of hero.

"The greatest piler-on in history, snifisEddie. Two decades later, they think theyre getting more of the same. Darryl Strawberry on the cover of Sports Illustrated. "The Miracle i in- it: i I -n r-' I iifVV-A VV rfVs mTm.