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THERE'Sa difference between doing something heroic on the diamond and attempting to be a hero. After 13 years in the big leagues, Billy Wagner gets that. He gets that there are times when an athlete, let alone a team, might to have to take one step back in order to take two steps forward. So does his manager. So do the medical people who might have overlooked that axiom when dealing with Ryan Church's concussion earlier this season. So, in fact does just about everyone familiar with sports, even though the contrarian closer felt the need to mount a me-against-the-world podium after doing away with the Phillies in a 1-2-3 ninth inning last night, some 24 hours after he was placed in quarantine with a sore left shoulder. "Against popular belief, it's only July," Wagner said after the Mets' 6-3 victory at Shea Stadium lifted the... [read full story]
