Executives from Major League Soccer were joined by investors from the United Arab Emirates, the owners of the Manchester City Football Club, who were willing to build the stadium for a new American soccer team they hoped to buy. They were at odds with another group in the room: Jeff Wilpon and his cousin Scott, who represented the Mets and who were demanding more than $40 million from the Abu Dhabi investors as compensation for allowing soccer fans to park at nearby Citi Field.

via Manchester City and Yankees to Own M.L.S. Club in New York – NYTimes.com.

Cousin Scott?  Did we know about Cousin Scott?

Via @majesticathletic with a Stars and Stripes cap tip to @nickschiavo

NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis and New York Yankees relief pitcher David Robertson are representing their peers and going to bat for Superstorm Sandy victims, when they co-host a Players Trust all-star golf tournament on Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, Long Island onWednesday, July 17.

METS TO HOST FIREWORKS NIGHT

PRESENTED BY DUANE READE AND BEN AND JERRY’S

THIS FRIDAY, MAY 24 AT CITI FIELD

Tickets Start at $12 and Are on Sale at Mets.com and (718) 507-TIXX

FLUSHING, N.Y., May 22, 2013 – The New York Mets today announced they will host Fireworks Night presented by Duane Reade and Ben & Jerry’s [...]

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Yesterday the Mets emailed this ticket offer below.

Hey that looks kind of cool.

I get an orange t-shirt, and there will be a big head on a stick I can have fun with.

The Mets seem to think this is the sort of things Mets fans would enjoy, and they are right.

Which brings us back to Chicago. [...]

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