Torre, Prior to the Pedestal « Faith and Fear in Flushing

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Mentions of Lee Mazzilli, late 70’s Mets uniforms, some good digs at Terry Collins and this gem….

Or maybe you just know him as the common sense-averse MLB executive in charge of keeping the Mets from wearing FDNY, NYPD and PAPD caps every September 11.

via Torre, Prior to the Pedestal « Faith and Fear in Flushing.

…it’s today’s must read!

By the way, the 9/11 memorials will be held on the 11th of September this year.  If only there were some mechanism where MLB and New Era could trot out caps for one-off occasions it would be neat.  You know maybe teams could wear caps to honor the military and donate the proceeds to military charities, or maybe even first responder caps and donate those proceeds to a related charity. If only MLB and New Era had some sort of way to do that….