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Published 4/17/2008 by By TIM BONTEMPS at NY Post: Sports
Nelson Figueroa watched more than four years go by between major league wins. Tonight, Figueroa will go for his second win in less than a week when the Mets take on the Nationals (7 p.m., SNY, WFAN). It was a long and winding road through 56...
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