There are many New York experiences: You can marvel at the inefficiency of the cab line at JFK or boo a Knicks draft pick. You can eat at the best restaurants in the world and bring up once more how much you hated the Knicks draft pick. But if you want a real New York experience, I suggest buying a Yankees hat and a Mets hat and wearing each of them around the city. You will experience very different New Yorks.

Since I announced in April that I was going to pick a New York baseball team, I tried a few experiments to help...