Upstate, Down State

2 legends of their sports performed "yesterday" in 1973 in New York; the outcomes were startling

NEW YORK - August 5, 1973

Upstate in Saratoga Springs and down state in the Flushing Meadows section of Queens, 2 of the biggest names in sports were on display in New York yesterday in 1973.

In Shea Stadium, Bob Gibson, the National League career leaders in strikeouts, was set to pitch against the Mets.

Shortly after that, Secretariat was racing at the Sa…