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Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and pitchers Mike Pelfrey, R.A. Dickey, Bobby Parnell, and Dillon Gee trained as firefighters at the FDNY Fire Academy training center on Randall’s Island on January 20.

Talk about battling some serious heat! The Mets players and C.O.O. strapped on firefighter gear to climb up FDNY ladders, battle a blaze, and rappel down the side of a building. Check it out:

And now some screenshots of the Metsies in action:

FDNY commissioner Sal Cassano with Mets pitchers R.A. Dickey, Mike Pelfrey, Dillon Gee, Bobby Parnell, and Mets COO Jeff Wilpon, who took part in the Firefighter For A Day Challenge

R.A. Dickey climbs up a ladder

"Firefighters" Bobby Parnell and Mike Pelfrey

R.A. Dickey rappels down a wall

R.A. Dickey and Big Pelf fight a car fire

FDNY Commissioner Sal Cassano talks with Mike Pelfrey

Looks like a cool team-building event for several Mets players, or as my girlfriend calls it, “Really smart thing to do right before spring training!”

RELATED: FDNY training an eye-opener for Mets [mets.com]

Well, that was a fun ride to above .500, wasn’t it? It’s definitely nice to see the Mets win 6 in a row. When was the last time they did that?

Nice to see a sold out 55,000+ crowd at Shea today! The cheers were loud and proud!

The Mets are definitely the hottest team in the National League at the moment. And with most teams hovering around .500 more or less, the odds sure look good for the team.

Not to mention how exciting the games have been. What a ride!

And it seems that Pedro Martinez forsees only good things at Shea this season:

“It’s nice to see that Shea Stadium was filled today with 55,000 people just wanting to see me, that it wasn’t just at Yankee Stadium,” Martinez said. “Seeing those people come over here is a good sign for the team, for management, and I hope I can continue to do that. I hope I can continue to be a ticket every time I come out for those fans. Now the Latin population is coming in, and you’re starting to see some Dominican flags and stuff like that. Everything is probably going to change.”

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