NEW YORK (AP) — As several ballparks around the majors buzzed with playoff preparations Monday, from Yankee Stadium to Wrigley Field, the one standing at 41 Seaver Way in Queens sat conspicuously empty. A weathered New York Mets tarp covered the mound, another one encircled home plate. No possibility of any October baseball coming to Citi Field this year.
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