NEW YORK -- Each November, a small army of Mets employees mobilizes, piling into trucks and fanning throughout the five boroughs.

Often, celebrity guests come along. This year, Sean Manaea showed up at the Child Development Support Corporation in Brooklyn to hand out Thanksgiving meals to local residents. At the same time, Mark Vientos was at the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation providing a similar service. Then he hopped into a car and made his way to Queensborough Community College in Bayside, where a long line of people had formed to accept the Mets’ generosity. Manaea, meanwhile, sped off to the Bronx.

At each stop, fans posed for selfies with the players. Even those who didn’t know Manaea by name marveled at his imposing stature -- “Must be a celebrity!” one person exc

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