One thing that blogging has done for me is it has allowed me to get glimpses of things the everyday fan doesn’t normally see.
I will tell you right here the New York Mets will re-sign David Wright after his contract runs out in a year. I have zero doubt about that.
In the article I link to below, the always great Greg Prince shares a little of what goes on well before the game. If you get to Citi as soon as the gates open and sprint to the front rows you may catch a glimpse of it, but to truly “get it” you need to be on the field.
As Greg mentions, the players spend a fair amount of time with various groups, but the one guy I always see is David Wright. He’s more of the face of the Franchise than you may even realize.
So with that, let’s pass it to Greg. Here’s the set-up and click the link for the rest of a feel-good story.
In June, Faith and Fear shared the story of David Roth and Roger Hess. David’s the Mets fan who was diagnosed with a brain tumor while on a family vacation late last summer. Roger’s the Mets fan who’s been his friend going back to elementary school and the mountain climber who dedicated his ascent up Denali in Alaska to David by using it to raise funds for the Tug McGraw Foundation. Longtime readers of FAFIF will recognize TMF as an organization founded by one of the all-time Mets greats to work toward treatments and improved quality of life for those burdened by the disease that afflicted Tug and afflicts David.
Roger made it pretty far up that mountain and pretty far up his fundraising goal, too. He returned from Alaska having garnered more than $10,000 for the Tug McGraw Foundation, including donations from some thoughtful Faith and Fear readers. It was a compelling enough story to get the attention of Otis Livingston, one of Channel 2’s sports anchors. Otis had David and Roger on CBS 2’s Sunday Morning in July, where early birds got to hear about what one Mets fan will do for another. You can see their appearance here.
The Mets took note, and as alluded to in Channel 2’s coverage, they wanted to thank these fans of theirs by having them out as their guests for batting practice. Roger and David weren’t about to say no.
via David & Roger’s BP Adventure « Faith and Fear in Flushing.
