#Boomer Esiason determined to turn Islanders granddaughter into Rangers fan

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Although Windsor Grace Martin has an Islanders father, former NFL star Boomer Esiason persistently insists that his new granddaughter will be a Rangers fan.

When the baby was born, she appeared to be wrapped in a white blanket with red and blue stripes. Esiason, who is an unabashed New York Rangers fan, shared a photo and tweeted, “Love the red, white and blue stripes on the blanket! That’s my girl!”

“I think somebody went in there and did the right thing,” Esiason said during WFAN’s “Boomer & Gio” morning show. “They sent a subliminal message as they put her into the first thing she was laying in. That’s where it starts. Some things are meant to be, that’s all I can tell you.”

On Friday, Islanders’ Matt Martin replied to Esiason’s original tweet with a photo attachment of baby Winnie wrapped in an Islanders fleece, “You seem confused (Boomer), so let me clear it up for you. #LGI”

Esiason was undeterred, though. Esiason said he then took that photo and changed the Islanders logo to a Rangers one.

“Some things are meant to be be, that’s all I can tell you,” Esiason said Monday. “I am not confused. I know exactly, when it comes to the end of this whole thing she will be a Rangers. And I am sure annoying my daughter right now.”

Gregg Giannotti additionally commented on what the Rangers could have done once Boomer voiced support for seeing his grandchild in the team’s colors.

“If they had a social media person on top of this, they could’ve congratulated the two new parents and say ‘Welcome to the Ranger fan family, I know Boompa is gonna make that happen.’ That would have been the troll job of all troll jobs.”