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Consider Jonathan Niese as a cautionary tale about burning bridges.
Think twice before setting the match. You may have to walk across that span again.
Niese took that walk across the charred, rickety structure to Citi Field on Tuesday, a day after the Mets traded reliever Antonio Bastardo to Pittsburgh for the left-hander. Lord knows, his homecoming did not stack up as a tearful welcome on all ends. Unless, of course, Niese planned to produce a puddle of the wet stuff as Terry Collins laced into him about his pouty comments in the aftermath of the Dec.