Fan places anti-Mets ownership billboard near spring training stadium

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A Mets fan vented at the team's management by placing a billboard near the team's spring training stadium.

Gary Palumbo paid to have a billboard with the message "Fred, Jeff & Saul, Ya Gotta Leave" set up about eight miles from the Mets' spring training facilities in Port St. Lucie, Fla. It is directed at team executives Fred and Jeff Wilpon and Saul Katz.

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"Most Mets fans really dislike the Wilpons and don't feel they're capable of running a team in New York properly," Palumbo, 39, told the AP. "I completely appreciate that it won't convince them to sell the team, but I hope it will add pressure."

The billboard will be taken down on April 2, the day the Mets finish spring training.

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