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Kay & Leiter Spreading Urban Legend About Al Leiter Being Booed

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There's an urban legend spreading that Al Leiter was booed at the closing ceremony of Shea Stadium.

I'm not going to claim that not one person booed, but I heard Leiter and Kay are making it sound like Leiter was booed out of the ballpark, ostensibly because he is a Yankee. Well, I was there and it didn't happen.

I don't know what Leiter's motivation is - maybe the two guys closest to him booed him so it sounded loud - but it didn't happen.

Yogi Berra is kinda a Yankee, he didn't get booed.

Despite what he says, Kay is not objective. You listen to his radio show for five minutes and it's clear that the Mets could run off 20 straight championships and he'd still rag on them. He's one of those Yankee fans. You know the type.

It didn't happen Al. Cute anecdote, but it didn't happen.

The 2000 Mets Mean Nothing

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Sure a subway series was cool....but do you really have any emotional attachment to this team?

Now I know you're saying "Mets Police, you're crazy. You're being extra cranky today."

Well say the Mets have "2000 Mets day" and bring back the following players:

Please welcome back our old friend....Armando Benitez! Mike Hampton! Bobby Jones! The Other Bobby Jones! Mike Bordick! Darryl Hamilton! Rickey Henderson!

Sure there's a few guys that will get cheers - John "7 batters to get a save" Franco and Mike "Dodgers" Piazza.

Maybe Al Leiter gets a nice hand. Do you really consider Robin Ventura a Met? Did Rey Ordonez endear himself to the franchise?

I think in the scheme of things, this team means nothing.

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