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BYE BYE

Report: NJ to Pitch Meadowlands to Mets


Sep 30, 2004 9:01 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (East Rutherford, NJ) The man who will become acting governor when Governor McGreevey resigns reportedly is pitching the Mets to come to New Jersey.

The Star-Ledger of Newark reports Senate President Dick Codey will contact Mets owner Fred Wilpon in the coming days.

Codey and Wilpon declined comment.

However, a person close to Codey says the Essex County lawmaker knows the deal might be a longshot.

State Sports and Exposition Authority director George Zoffinger has been talking about the possibility of bringing a small-market team to a 40-thousand-seat baseball stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

so sorry to see them go