Callaway connection `a big deal` for Bruce
(MLB.com New York Mets)

Early in the offseason, long before Jay Bruce fit together the puzzle pieces of his free agency, he spoke on the phone with Mickey Callaway. Recently hired as the Mets` manager, Callaway had come to know Bruce during the outfielder`s brief tenure in Cleveland late last season. He outlined to Bruce his ideas and expectations for his new role.