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Francisco Lindor channels Eddie Murphy, sports classic 'Coming to America' New York Mets jacket

Francisco Lindor continues to endear himself to the fan base of his new team, rocking a replica of the New York Mets jacket worn by Eddie Murphy in the classic movie "Coming to America" while making his entrance at the team's spring training facility Thursday morning.

Francisco Lindor wearing the jacket from Coming to America at spring training https://t.co/rqwsyw3HtI pic.twitter.com/gpfAfZRTTX

— joon (@joonlee) February 25, 2021

"Good morning, my neighbors," Lindor says in a video tweeted by the Mets, repeating the iconic line Murphy's character, Prince Akeem Joffer, yells from the balcony of his Queens apartment in the 1988 comedy.