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Mr. Drysdale.

Strong Mets vibe in Edward Burns's new Epix series Bridge and Tunnel set in 1980 Valley Stream. Burns, who also plays the father of Jimmy (Sam Vartholomeos), an aspiring photographer, includes plenty of period flourishes. A poster of the Mets fan favorite Rusty Staub can be glimpsed on the wall of Jimmy's childhood room, and Burns lent his own vintage 1960s Mets jersey to Brian Muller, who plays Pags. A little Bob Murphy play-by-play is audible as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/arts/television/edward-burns-bridge-and-tunnel.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/arts/television/edward-burns-bridge-and-tunnel.html

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It's not so hard to understand. It says that by the time Cleon Jones was born, he had already been friends with Hank Aaron for eight years. That's what I was afraid of. Here's my very first strong Hank Aaron memory, which I still remember vividly to this day: It's 1970 and it's the first year I'm following baseball and collecting baseball cards. I walk to the neighborhood candy store to buy a few packs of baseball cards. I've already collected practically the entire current series and I'm down to needing two or three players to complete that series. So now I'm walking back home with my packs and I begin opening the packs in stride. The first player in the pack is a "double". I already have that card. I don't "need" it to complete the series, so I throw it away as I'm walking home. I do the same with the next card. And the next card. And the next 10 or 20 cards. There's a trail of brand new mint condition bubble gum smelling baseball cards with sharp pointy corners on the sidewalk in my wake. Eventually I come across a brand new 1970 Hank Aaron card. I stop for a few seconds to linger over this card. Stare at it. I'm a baseball newbie but I somehow know that Hank Aaron is one of the great ones. Still, I already have an Aaron card so I throw this double on the sidewalk, too, like I did with every other card from that haul of packs. That card, in that condition would be worth close to $1,000.00 bucks today. My first flipping experience included risking and losing a 1970 Aaron double (Hank, not Tommie) because I wanted to show off that I had an Aaron. It occurred to me shortly thereafter that this was a pointless exercise in bravado and I never played fast and loose with a superstar again.

[bIGPURPLE][/bIGPURPLE] Benjamin Grimm wrote: His first name is... problematic. The accent mark does a lot of work.

Great piece. Krane is indeed Krane.

Kiké Hernandez, rumored to be an object of Met interest, goes to Red Sox.

Jay hasn't been PR guy since 2018, focusing solely on alumni relations. He's trying to be optimistic, I guess. Art Howe pulled through. Hopefully Davey can keep the comeback streak going.

http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2021/01/22/american-idol/A few thoughts here.

Jay Horwitz says the manager of the 1986 Mets won't just beat the coronavirus. He's going to dominate it.

They all hurt. This one wounds. https://www.cbs46.com/news/hall-of-famer-henry-hank-aaron-dies-at-86/article_71a37148-5cc4-11eb-9cdf-1bbe85006da2.htmlhttps://www.cbs46.com/news/hall-of-famer-henry-hank-aaron-dies-at-86/article_71a37148-5cc4-11eb-9cdf-1bbe85006da2.html

Topps Now covers the action of January 20, 2021. https://www.topps.com/cards-collectibles/topps-now/2020-usa-election-topps-now.htmlhttps://www.topps.com/cards-collectibles/topps-now/2020-usa-election-topps-now.html

Gerald Williams is https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/sports/basketball/tampa-bay-titans-toronto-raptors.htmlrunning a professional basketball team in Florida. “I'm that guy who makes sure they understand there is no tomorrow,” said Gerald Williams, who retired from Major League Baseball in 2005. “They can't afford to say, ‘Oh, don't worry, we'll get 'em tomorrow.' Tomorrow? What are you talking about? You're going to get cut today!”

Gerald Williams is https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/sports/basketball/tampa-bay-titans-toronto-raptors.htmlrunning a professional basketball team in Florida.

J.A. Happ to the Twins.

Biden's new address is accurate, but Brantley, it turns out, returns to Houston.

Michael Brantley to Toronto. Jose Quintana to Anaheim. Joe Biden to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Invest in Lindforto.

The Hall of Fame righty who won 300+ games dies at 75.

Mets.com front office section lists only the following in lieu of names: Check back soon for updated information. For comparison's sake, the other four NL East front office directories are all intact.

Jon Lester is a National disgrace.

Mets recently noticed they're in movies and stuff. https://newyorkmets.medium.com/mets-pop-culture-resurgence-ae19d8f34b67https://newyorkmets.medium.com/mets-pop-culture-resurgence-ae19d8f34b67

This was a new one on me, by Tom Verducci. Seaver, Agee, Clendenon take part. Almost 51 years later, on Martin Luther King Day, the idea of what happened on March 28, 1970 seems so quaint and so simple as to be especially powerful. Think of it today: A bunch of sportscasters and sportswriters from Los Angeles pick two players from each team to play in an exhibition game. We're talking about the best players. Future Hall of Famers. They will fly from their spring training locales to play one afternoon game in Los Angeles and fly back. They will not be paid. All proceeds help fight social and racial injustice. Nobody says no. https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/01/18/martin-luther-king-day-baseball-hall-of-famehttps://www.si.com/mlb/2021/01/18/martin-luther-king-day-baseball-hall-of-fame