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Best Of 'Patch AM': 'Dream Come True' Bellmore Boy As Mets Announcer
Eddie Kraus, 12, said he hopes winning the play-by-play contest is just the start of his sportscasting career.
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NORTH BELLMORE, NY — For an inning, Eddie Kraus was on top of the world.
"It's a dream come true," Kraus told Patch AM.
The North Bellmore middle school student won a contest by SNY to call a Mets game.
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Kraus, 12, was joined in the booth by the regulars-- Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling.
"It's crazy. You're watching these guys almost every night," he said.
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