As the pandemic raged, I wondered what it was like to be a beloved athlete of a certain age trying to avoid becoming a statistic. Maybe it's my love of the movie "Frequency," but I thought of the '69 Mets. Here's their story.
Elizabeth Merrill
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Elizabeth Merrill
@MerrillLiz
ESPN writer. Liker of baseball, hand sanitizer and long deadlines that last for three days.
Somewhere in middle America
Joined October 2011
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