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Selfish Wagner holding bumbling Mets hostage

Wallace Matthews

Newsday columnist Wallace Matthews

Matthews writes on professional sports, with a specialty in professional

It's tough to determine who took the Mets for bigger suckers, Bernie Madoff or Billy Wagner.

The difference is, Madoff is now in the custody of the U.S. government, but the Mets are being held prisoner by Wagner.

By 1 p.m. Tuesday, the Mets either will be relieved of Wagner and the $3.5 million they still owe him or stuck with him for the final month of this miserable season, by the...

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