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At NY civil trial, Mets hope to shed Madoff taint
Lawyers for the owners of the New York Mets face a March trial to decide how much the team could owe other investors caught on the losing end of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff's massive fraud.Federal Judge Jed Rakoff (RAY'-koff) has made two rulings in the owners' favor. That increases the odds they won't be forced to sell the team.In September, the judge capped their potential losses at $386