Traffic Snarls On Tappan Zee Bridge as Bengie Molina Threatens To Jump

The San Francisco Giants were able to escape NY with a win on Sunday.  They were not able to escape with their catcher however.  Late Sunday afternoon, Giants catcher wandered out onto the Tappan Zee Bridge and threatened to jump.

Carrying a homemade sign and shouting unintelligible comments about his family and Mets GM Omar Minaya, Molina held up traffic for hours until he was finally talked down by a police negotiator. 

Michael Franzese of Pearl River was on his way home and ended up near the front of the traffic jam.  "I was able to make out some of what he was saying.", said Franzese.   "He was mostly mumbling stuff about moving his family and he kept asking to see Kevin Burkhardt."  Franzese told us he empathized with the Giants backstop.  "It's gotta be hard for the guy.  Signing for way less than he thought he would get and then having to watch the guys the Mets signed instead of him get treated like heroes right in front of him.  I guess it was all just too much."

In total the ordeal lasted over 4 hours and snarled traffic on I-87 all the way back to the Bronx.  In the end the only way for police to get him down was to promise him a second year.  Police said no charges will be filed against Molina but he will be required to attend mandatory counseling.

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