"veteran L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton, played by Warren Beatty, is in the prime of his life - "at my age, in any other business, I'd be young" - when he rides his way into an apparently fatal bicycle accident. An escort from above assigned to monitor such activity (Buck Henry) dutifully swoops up Joe to move him along on his celestial journey. Except the QB knew in his bones the accident wasn't as fatal as it appeared, and therefore heaven really could wait."
"The passing that really brought it home was the second, that of Terrance Gore. Terrance Gore was a Met in 2022. He was 34 years old. Four Mets reporting to this very Spring Training are older. No, he's not supposed to be here. In my heart, no baseball players are supposed to enter this sort of discussion. Because baseball players wind up as human beings regardless of the profession we grew up exalting, they inevitably wind up here, as any person will eventually."
Two former Mets died just before Spring Training, one having been with the team for a single season and another, Terrance Gore, having been a Met briefly in 2022. Terrance Gore was 34 years old, younger than several current Mets reporting to Spring Training. An exchange from the film Heaven Can Wait is evoked, highlighting the unsettling idea that a person can end up where they are not supposed to be. The deaths force consideration of players' humanity beyond their sport and the injustice of losing someone so young.
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