His hand shot up in the Brooklyn classroom. ‘Man’s inhumanity to man,’ Dominic Marvilli called out. ‘Man vs. nature,’ said John Franco, next. Joe Pipitone piped up with ‘Overcoming adversity!’

Who remembers what piece of writing Ms. Harfosh, 8th grade English teacher at St. Mary, Mother of Jesus (head bow) roundabout 1970, was subjecting to our nascent analysis of  literary themes, but in those exciting academic days when we all wanted to be astronauts, we were engaged. We wanted to achieve. We wanted to go to the moon again.

The most recent Pray4Mets post dealt with ex-Met Curtis Granderson and the motif of paying dues. Familiarity with scripture, mythology, Shakespeare and timeless themes allowed us to stay steady during the most recent series with the Marlins, when Curtis hit a home run on a Jason Vargas pitch in the opening game, and the Mets lost 4-8. ‘Not our first rodeo,’ we could say.

The Mets went on to win the second and third game of the series. I could imagine my classmate, JoAnn Faranto, suggesting a motif in this time-shifted classroom discussion: ‘Two out of three ain’t bad!’

Thank you, Meat Loaf, for your smidgen of uplifting rock’n’roll scripture on which to rely in a tough season, when Mets fans would like to go to the moon again.

Stay steady, and send your thoughts & prayers to Pray4Mets@gmail.com.

Maureen Edelson, Creator

Pray4Mets

Montclair, New Jersey USA