Letters: Sep. 19, 1969

Marvel of the Mets

Sir: I cannot tell you how happy your story on the New York Mets has made me [Sept. 5]. It was a beautiful story, written lovingly, with wonderful art. When I got to thinking of what the Old Master might be thinking about all that has happened this season, there was your man with the gospel according to Casey to wrap the story up.

CHRIS CONNELL

Brooklyn

Sir: Your unique blend of Biblical history and baseball is refreshing but obviously apocryphal. St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases, is more likely to show an avid interest in the Mets. On that...

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