The Mets dedicated the Citi Field press box to Jay Horwitz, their longtime media relations director, in a ceremony before today's game.
Horwitz, 76, joined the team in '80, the first year it was owned by Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, after serving as the sports information director at Farleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. He oversaw media relations as the team emerged as a contender and won its second World Series title in 1986.
"It's crazy," Horwitz said."When I first started, I could never imagine this in a million years. I was a young kid out of a small school in New Jersey and just to work for some place for 42 years and have a viable job, it's good to be part of things at my age. It's good to feel like you still make a difference in what you do."
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