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Don't expect Sheffield to be a Met much longer

Quick ReadAlways expect the unexpected with Gary Sheffield.

Mets Gary Sheffield in the dugout during the

Photo credit: Freelance/Photo by Kathy Kmonicek | Mets Gary Sheffield in the dugout during the game. New York Mets vs. the Atlanta Braves at Citifield.

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Only Gary Sheffield could go through this awful Mets season dominated by injuries, missteps and losing and come to one heck of an unlikely conclusion:

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As this lost season in Flushing inches toward the finish line, you'd expect a free agent-to-be to wake up each morning counting down the days, dreaming of a future elsewhere.

Not Sheffield, because when...

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