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Kollector’s Korner Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame Inductee #14 : From the Grand Concourse to the Amazin’s: Paul Friedlander’s Lifetime of Mets Memories
If you spend enough time around collectors, you start to notice that the best collections rarely begin with money. They begin with moments. A handshake. A story. A childhood connection that somehow follows you for the rest of your life. This month’s Kollector’s Korner Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame inductee has built a lifetime of those moments, often without even chasing them. Meet Paul Friedlander. Paul is 71 years old and has spent more than 45 years working as a tax account

Mark Rosenman
Mar 16 min read


Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing #43 :The Yankees Had M&M, the Mets Had H&H: Meet the Mets’ Hiller and Haddix in ’67
Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly rummage through the Mets’ attic, where the dust smells like pine tar and nostalgia, and where we occasionally stumble across treasures we thought we’d forgotten. Last week, we focused on Ron Herbel, a sturdy right-hander whose brief but reliable stint with the Mets in 1970 made him the kind of pitcher every team needs: steady, uncomplaining, and quietly effective. This week, we return to the 1960s, to a Me

Mark Rosenman
Oct 26, 20256 min read


Curtis, Carlos, and a Classic Afternoon in Flushing
One of the crueler tricks of time is how quickly baseball players turn into alumni. One minute, they’re legging out doubles and tracking...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 14, 20254 min read
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