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Article: ATLANTA READY FOR METS FANS BRAVES HAVE BEATEN NEW YORK 20 OF LAST 26.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- October 15, 1999
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The New York Mets sure haven't gotten to John Rocker and the Braves in the NL championship series. Maybe their fans can derail Atlanta.
After two days of partially filled stadiums and mostly polite crowds, a sold-out Shea Stadium welcoming committee will be in full force tonight to greet Rocker - New York's Public Enemy No. 1 - when the NL championship series resumes with Atlanta leading 2-0.
And expect quite a New York greeting for Rocker, who called Mets fans ``stupid'' and said ``they're a tired act.''
``I'll be surprised if they don't respond to him,'' Mets owner Fred Wilpon said yesterday. ``But we never want anyone to cross the line. We ...