Published 7/16/2008
at Newsday.com - Mets
Stadium crowd is low-key early, but Wagner, Mo deliver late juice
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Alex Rodriguez left in the top of the fifth inning, Joe
Crede replacing him with one out, and for a fleeting moment, you hoped ("you" meaning "I") that A-Rod would get down on one knee, whip a jewelry box out of his back pocket and propose to Madonna on national television.
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Stadium crowd is low-key early, but Wagner, Mo deliver late juice
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Alex Rodriguez left in the top of the fifth inning, Joe
Crede replacing him with one ...