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Yoenis Cespedes thinks golf may be solution for curious slump

ATLANTA — Yoenis Cespedes wishes he knew how to quit golf.

Yes, it sounds like La Potencia will be spotted soon enough at a course near you.

Moments after he delivered his sixth go-ahead RBI of the season Friday night — a 12th-inning single that led the Mets to a 5-3 victory over the Braves at SunTrust Park — the Mets’ highest-paid player attributed his odd, statistically unimpressive opening stretch to stopping the golf habit that had caused him and his employers considerable agita. So the left fielder said he might very well resume that activity in the name of saving his primary job.