NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Jay Bruce stepped into the batter’s box for the first time wearing the New York Mets’ blue and orange, and the sellout crowd at Citi Field stood and greeted him with cries of “Bruuuce!” sounding as if at a Springsteen concert.
“I heard he’s kind of a big deal around here,” the All-Star outfielder said.
A day after he was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds, Bruce went 0 for 4 with a flyout, groundout and two called strikeouts in the Mets’ 7-1 Subway Series win over the Yankees on Tuesday night.