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May 18, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW YORK METS GREATS DARRYL STRAWBERRY & JOHN FRANCO TO JOIN FAMOUS 3-D POP ARTIST CHARLES FAZZINO AT TWO SEPARATE SIGNINGS OF HIS OFFICIAL METS/CITI FIELD POSTER PRIOR TO METS VS.  PHILLIES ON TUESDAY, MAY 25

Strawberry/Fazzino Poster Signing At 5:45-6:45PM In The Jackie Robsinson Rotunda (Outside Mets Team Store)

Franco/Fazzino Poster Signing At 6:45-7:15PM At Delta Sky360 Club  

Charles Fazzino’s Commemorative Hand-Painted 3-D Home Plate Signed By Strawberry & Franco To Be Auctioned On Mets.com  

–All Proceeds To Benefit The Mets Foundation–

Who:        Darryl Strawberry, New York Mets Great

                    John Franco, New York Mets Great

                    Charles Fazzino, Famous 3-D Pop Artist  

What:       Darryl Strawberry & John Franco Joins Famous Pop Artist Charles Fazzino for Official Mets/Citifield Poster Signings 

When        Tuesday, May 25

                -5:45-6:45PM (Strawberry/Fazzino)

                   -6:45-7:15PM (Franco/Fazzino)

Where:      -Strawberry/Fazzino @ Citi Field, Jackie Robinson Rotunda (in-front of Mets Team Store Entrance)

                    -Franco/Fazzino @ Citi Field’s Delta Sky360 Club

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New York Mets greats Darryl Strawberry & John Franco will join famous 3-D Pop Artist Charles Fazzino  – an official licensee of Major League Baseball Properties – for two separate poster signings of his official poster celebrating the Mets and Citi Field on Tuesday, May 25.  The Strawberry/Fazzino poster signing will take place 5:45-6:45 p.m at the Jackie Robsinson Rotunda (in-front of the Mets Team Store) at Citi Field.  The Franco/Fazzino signing will take place at 6:45-7:15 p.m at the Delta 360Sky Club at Citi Field.  Charles Fazzino’s commemorative hand-painted home plate signed by Strawberry and Franco will be auctioned on Mets.com – all proceeds will benefit The Mets Foundation.  For additional information about Charles Fazzino, and to view his artwork, please visit: www.fazzino.com.

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