The Tears of a New York Post Baseball Columnist

Score Joel Sherman's tribute to the late Shannon Forde as a home run.

ShannonFordeDavidWrightNew York Post sportswriter Joel Sherman cried multiple times while writing his article “Shannon Forde Only Could Be Described in One Word: Angel,” in memory of the New York Mets senior director of media relations. And in heart-wrenching fashion, he lets readers know it.

Sherman cried when he wrote this lede:

Shannon Forde was an angel.

He cried while remembering a moment shared in the Citi Field press box during Game 3 of the 2015 World Series:

She looked like what she looked like and felt like what she felt like and the conversation began with her asking how me and my boys were doing.

And

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