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Report: Ilan Grapel told Mets won Series

Updated: October 29, 2011, 12:20 PM ET
By Adam Rubin | ESPNNewYork.com
After being freed following a nearly five-month stint in an Egyptian jail during that country's uprising, Queens native Ilan Grapel received interesting news: The New York Mets won the World Series during his isolation.

The misinformation was a joke played by Rep. Gary Ackerman, according to the New York Post.

In a news conference in Tel Aviv following his release, the newspaper reports, Grapel said: "There's so many people to thank, and after being cut off for the past five ...

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