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Giants get special pizza delivery -- from LI

Quick ReadIf the Giants lose Sunday, don't blame the pizza guy: He delivered, all the way from Long Island.

The staff at Umberto's Pizzeria in New Hyde Park got up early on Friday to prepare the Giants' favorite pies, which got an official escort to LaGuardia Airport before departing for Indianapolis, where the players were hungry to continue their weekly tradition. Videojournalists: Jim Staubitser and Mario Gonzalez (Feb. 3, 2012)

INDIANAPOLIS -- If the Giants lose Sunday, don't blame the pizza guy: He delivered, all the way from Long Island.

Umberto's Pizzeria and Restaurant rushed a shipment of 20 fresh-baked pies Friday from the New Hyde Park eatery to the Giants practice facility here.

Gaetano Corteo, a manager and son of founder Umberto Corteo, personally escorted the pies, which were loaded into overhead...

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