Between the Moon and New York City

by Greg Prince on 10 June 2022 3:21 pm

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sharing the story of how Nanette Fluhr’s painting “Lonny,” a portrait of her son in a Mets cap and Mets jersey, was going to be digitzed and travel to the Moon. Quick addendum: that piece that appeared on FAFIF will be getting the same treatment — hitching a ride on the Lunar Codex mission next year alongside an array of art and literature curated to encapsulate and illustrate humanity’s creative impulses…just in case there’s life up there that doesn’t already keep up with all matters Metsopotamian. (I hear the reception for Newsradio 880 can get fuzzy outside the Tri-State Area.) The details are in here in case you’re wondering, as I kind of am, “What?”

I guess the old saying must be true: “Something written about the Mets will land on the Moon before Noah Syndergaard faces his old team.”

Eric

June 10th, 2022 at 7:16 pm

I guess Syndergaard is either mildly hurt in some way, perhaps relative to his recovery schedule, or he’s being pushed back for the sake of a goofy team protocol, an Angels version of up-downs.

I doubt he’s avoiding facing the Mets, in his home stadium no less, due to nerves.

If Syndergaard is taking extra rest due to a cautious approach to his rehabilitation, that shows it’s not a bad thing that he decided to spend his first year back from Tommy John surgery on another team. He can come back to the Mets when he’s fully rehabilitated.