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v.— «Wagner, the All-Star closer who signed a $43 million, four-year contract with New York in the offseason to nail down tight games just like this one, worked the ninth for a save in his Mets debut. “Might as well get thrown right into the fire. No use cupcakin’ it,” Wagner said.» —“Mets Get Break, Wagner Gets Save in Win” by Mike Fitzpatrick ABC News (U.S.) Apr. 3, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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