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Found August 18, 2009 on Mets Fever: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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All indications point toward Billy Wagner returning to the Mets on Friday. While fiercely fighting to return, Wags seems to understand his limitations and sounds comfortable as a Met. Instead of taking some no-name lower level prospect I would still rather keep him and pick-up his option for next year. What a great 1-2 punch, in the lefty Wagner and righty K-Rod, as the season develops if Wags is excessive then trade him at the deadline..."I'm a competitor," Wagner said. "You want to compete, and you really don't like for somebody to tell you that your career's over. I want to go out on my own terms and finish up that way." source NY Post
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