Nelson Figueroa: The feel good story of the year

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 4/20/2008 from theropolitans.com [flag]

In what has easily become the Mets feel good story of this young season, Nelson Figueroa is living the dream. Barbara Barker, for Newsday , takes a nice long look and the Brooklyn-born Brandeis product, and thanks to SNY, he's now pitching for his hometown team. [link]

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