Jay Horwitz's first interaction with the New York Mets was in January 1980. He spilled orange juice on newly hired general manager Frank Cashen minutes into a job interview about working for the team's public relations department.
Horwitz never envisioned 42 years later he would be honored by the team for his media relations career. He recounted that story along with other memories on Sunday when the Mets had the press box at Citi Field dedicated in his honor before their game with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
"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."
"The fact of the matter is that for everybody, who's ever had anything whatsoever to do with the New York Mets, Jay was there for them," Rose said,"and he is to this day the way he's working for the alumni to galvanize them and bring them as close together to the current Mets organization as they've ever been. And that's been a wonderful thing to see."
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