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At 91, Citi Field’s Oldest Usher Has Witnessed All Of Mets’ Glory

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Luke Gasparre knows a thing or two about the Mets digging themselves into a hole.

At 91 years young, he’s seen pretty much everything, working five decades as an usher at Mets games.

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“They’re yelling. Oh my God! Sometimes you don’t hear yourself talking,” he described to CBS2’s Andrea Grymes.

Gasparre, the oldest usher at Citi Field, started way back when Shea Stadium first opened in 1964, never imagining he’d stay this long.