BILLY CLOSES OUT YANKS, COMMENT CONTROVERSY
Published 5/18/2008 by By KEVIN KERNAN at NY Post: Sports
ALL the Mets were accountable yesterday. In their first game after Billy Wagner let his frustration get the best of him, the closer said the Mets played with the kind of "grit" that it will take to be a playoff team. Especially Wagner, who produced...
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