BROOKLYN NATIVE GOING LIVE AT FIVE
Published 3/25/2008 by By BART HUBBUCH at NY Post: Sports
FORT LAUDERDALE - Brooklyn-born Nelson Figueroa continues to pick up steam as fifth-starter candidate for the Mets. GM Omar Minaya first mentioned Figueroa last week for the up-in-the-air No. 5 role, and that was before Orlando Hernandez and Mike...
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