Give Me That Baseball Religion

Who knew that the MIT professor responsible for econometric studies of modern politics and health care reform would show up in Pray4Mets, justifying the coming together of baseball fans? Being a Mets fan is akin to being part of a spiritual community. There are shared values, traditions, rites. There are hymns. There’s a shrine, and a place of […]

Smoke That, Jay

Jay Bruce’s first-of-the-2017-Mets-season home run (which was followed on by another, last night, in Game 6) will be an easy one to remember. Whether you say ‘he’s smokin,’ or ‘what was he smokin’?,’ Bruce’s smooth, early-season performance extends the past two years of Mets’ rolling out unexpected delights for the fans. The existence of entheogens, which, according […]

Mets Vespers Sunday, April 2 7:30 pm

PRAY4METS, 2015 to now: who would have known? With two post-season appearances since our inception, Citi Field is sold out for the Mets home opener on Monday, April 3. Fans are smiling. My husband is happy. Life is good. As Mets fans prepare for the 2017 season, you are cordially invited to come together in community […]

Spring Training for the Soul

SPRING TRAINING FOR THE SOUL: Join Our Mailing List As Pitchers & Catchers report to Spring Training this week, Pray4Mets gets back in gear to keep fans’ spirits buoyant and help guide the Amazins to their best possible 2017 performance. Pray4Mets is a global community of people who are willing to put their hands together […]

…And Sinners

Former Met Daniel Murphy was centered about his religious beliefs and spirituality. These worked for him and the Mets during the 2015 season, but his out-there voice did not appear to fit with management vision. When it was announced that the team would decline his request for a multi-year contract, my husband and I, just coming off six months of […]

Forging Spiritual Connections

Mets folks came to Montclair last year to check out Pray4Mets’ weekly gathering at Tierney’s Temple — I mean Tavern. This year, strengthening our bonds, Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson penned a lovely thank-you note to us after our attendance on Opening Day (7-2). Pray4Mets and Citi Field have a stronger connection in 2016 than in 2015. Is it […]

Stealing Signals from Faith Communities

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. Bruce Lee Mets’ management’s masterful progression of the team through the 2015 baseball season – the trades in late July; Wright’s return in late August, the NL East title in late September – gives confidence that […]

Making the Ask

With just five games left in the regular 2015 season, the team having already clinched the National League East title, and football season underway, it’s going to be easy to lose sight of the Mets still needing the buoyancy of Pray4Mets goodwill and a supportive, attentive fan base. Politicians know they have to ask for the vote. Salesmen know they need to ask for the […]

Days of Awe

Has everyone around you awakened to the Mets’ new day? If you have any Mets friends still in slumber since October 28, 1986, borrow a shofar at this holiday time and give a toot — jar them out of crankiness or complacency and help them embrace this very new year. Successful faith and community traditions like Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur (Days […]

St. Tom: A Pathway to Prayer for Atheists & Other Fans

Everyone can find a way to pray4mets.