Answer:

MET

Answer	Crossword Clue
MET	Came face to face
MET	Encountered
MET	Happened upon

MET	Mays or Snider, briefly
MET	Hometeam player, at Shea
MET	Ran across
MET	Shea player
MET	Tom Seaver, once
MET	Ran into
MET	Gooden, once
MET	Lincoln Center building

MET	Shea Stadium pro
MET	Citi Field player
MET	Made small talk with, perhaps
MET	Had a chance to speak
MET	Hooked up with
MET	Fulfilled
MET	Bumped into
MET	Congregated

MET	Came together
MET	Interleague Yank rival
MET	Intersected
MET	1986 Series Fenway foe
MET	Competed against
MET	Lincoln Center attraction, with "the"
MET	New York player
MET	Greeted

MET	Got together with
MET	Rendezvoused
MET	Joined
MET	Queens athlete
MET	Satisfied
MET	Came across
MET	Covered, as expenses
MET	Mike Piazza, for one

MET	Chanced upon
MET	Convened
MET	New York ballplayer
MET	Brave competitor?
MET	Came upon