Author: Marshall Field

Remembering 9/11: When the Mets Helped Us Heal

Twenty-one years. It’s been 21 years since the horrible events that took place in New York City, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, Pa. In a matter of hours, 2,977 people died and the world as we know it changed forever. Of the nearly 3,000 victims, 2,753 died when the North and South towers of the World Trade Center were struck by planes, and ultimately collapsed. New York came to a near...

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Tom Seaver: Memories of The Franchise Two Years After His Passing

I rearranged the title of this article a dozen times. Finally, I chose the word passing instead of the word death and removed the word hero which will figure prominently in this short remembrance. Writing has never been difficult for me, except when the topic is personal and touches a nerve. Many nerves, emotions and memories encapsulated in a torrent of tears were shed one year ago, on August...

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Vin Scully: A Retrospective on a Glorious Career

When I was asked to write a remembrance of Vin Scully, my mind wandered into different areas. He was a master storyteller, a maestro with the English language and a likeable man whose accomplishments went far past baseball, the sport he loved and covered for 67 years. So as a writer, I decided to take the simple approach and include them all. Afterall, what’s 850ish words dedicated to a...

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Tom Seaver: Memories of The Franchise and His Legacy

This piece was originally posted on August, 31, 2021, and we’ve decided to re-run it to honor the unveiling of the Tom Seaver statue on Friday morning at Citi Field.  I rearranged the title of this article a dozen times. Finally, I chose the word passing instead of the word death and removed the word hero which will figure prominently in this short remembrance. Writing has never been...

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Happy New Year from All of Us at MMO

It’s that time of the year again, namely the end of the year. With that comes the usual array of international traditions from eating Soba in Japan to munching on grapes in Spain and the countless resolutions we all tend to make. We all bring our optimistic best to hope for better things in the year ahead and try to forget some of the drudgery of the past 12 months. Here, in the land of...

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