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Looking for help

March
5

A three-paragraph item in the local paper caught my eye this morning. The headline read “Mets travel team seeking players.”

It was for a youth baseball team, “but they could have been talking about us,” said Mets hitting coach Howard Johnson.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 at 1:26 pm by John Delcos.
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2 Responses to “Looking for help”

  1. Greg W

    That's true. They may be holding open tryouts soon – if only to fill in the slots on the minor league squads, since the minor leaguers will be needed to step in for the walking wounded.

  2. Scott from Pelham

    I am just happy Ricky is not around this year. You know he would be just would be itchin to play again.

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