FILE-- Ed Kranepool at 73, seen in the reflection of a photo that was taken of him in the early 1970s when he played for the New York Mets, in Jericho, N.Y., Dec. 4, 2017. Kranepool, now 73 in 2018, ...

Mets legend Ed Kranepool discusses how baseball is like a marathon, and how having a positive attitude is crucial in the game and in life.

Ed Kranepool, the teenage baseball prodigy from James Monroe High School in the Bronx who went on to spend 18 years as a first base fixture during the Mets’ maturity ...