Port St. Lucie Magazine

Soto Sensation

Shortly after signing in December the biggest contract in the history of sports, Juan Soto shows off his new Mets jersey. Last year he was a star for crosstown rival the New York Yankees.
Shortly after signing in December the biggest contract in the history of sports, Juan Soto shows off his new Mets jersey. Last year he was a star for crosstown rival the New York Yankees. NEW YORK METS

Mets newest superstar creating World Series buzz at spring training

BY BERNIE WOODALL

Each year, Jim Fertitta buys 50 seats for each New York Mets spring training game at Clover Park. Fertitta, president of the New York & St. Lucie Mets Booster Club, distributes the tickets to booster club members at face value. He makes not a dime.

Some years, when pitchers and catchers report for spring training — which was Feb. 12 this year — he has plenty of tickets left to be claimed. If they are unsold as game time nears, he gives them away to law officers or firefighters or a couple of fans sitting in lesser seats than the ones he gets next to the Mets dugout on the third base side.

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