Promotion is a home run for mortgage firm.When New York Mets
Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25, 1972 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Mets. smashed a Grand Slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. in Tuesday night's stirring come-from-behind victory over the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. , Tim Tripp of Levittown also became a big winner. He won Topdot's Mortgage Grand Slam Inning, sponsored by Topdot Mortgage, the Jericho-based home mortgage lender. The promotion was an offer to pay mortgage payments or rental payments for one calendar year up to $25,000. Because Mr. Tripp is neither a homeowner nor renter, Topdot will now pay him a full $25,000 directly. Topdot and radio station WFAN WFAN Women, Food and Agriculture Network (Atlantic, Iowa) , which broadcasts Mets games, created the Grand Slam contest shortly after this season's Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. All-Star break. Immediately, the Mets went on an unprecedented tear--launching four bases-loaded homers in the next week and a record-tying six in the month of July. Delgado's shot last night was the team's ninth of the season, and qualified as the contest winner because it was hit in the fifth inning. "There's absolutely no question that Topdot Mortgage has been solely responsible for the recent power surge by the New York Mets," said company Vice President and spokesman Adam Brown with tongue-in-cheek. "Without us, it would be the same old 'pitching and defense wins pennants' emphasis. "Seriously--we are extremely pleased with the excitement that the Grand Slam contest has created among WFAN Mets game listeners, said Brown. "And it has been a lot of fun for us. While we are a national home mortgage lender, the Mets are our hometown team." |
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