Dave (Howard) from Flushing says:
“….I think fans want to get back to baseball, watching games, rooting. If the team plays well, early indications are the fan base will be there with the distractions. There is no question the start of baseball is welcome news. Fans are excited to get the focus back on the field.”
I’m with you Dave.
The internet is filled with doom and gloom thus morning about finances. I was hardly interested.
I’m not saying it is important or that the articles were unnecessary, what I am saying is I am more interested in Young, Niese and Dickey.
I bought three jerseys already this spring (thanks Modell’s). I have my eye on Mets at Phils the afternoon before the home opener. I’m thinking about when we should gather the Blue Cap Army.
I’m interested that Dwight Gooden called a fan to try to sell tickets.
Dave is right. They win, you won’t care about Fred. Nobody cared about Fred until Willie couldn’t close a lead and Omar couldn’t handle the media. There was always a zoo from Gooden to Cone to Coleman to Phillips but it was never about the owner.
Dave does say sales are better than last year. Of course since single games haven’t gone on sale yet and the total walkup is zero it’s a little hard to judge yet.
There ya have it. Took three years but you got my “Dave Howard is right” article. Let’s play ball and if you look closely you might see me and Dave hanging in the Promenade some day.
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The full Gooden/Howard article Is here.
Adam Rubin expertly recaps the doom and gloom.
How was the MSG show? I was out.
Imagine the double-circus if Omar had to explain finances?
I’m ready to see if Sandy can play a lousy hand. I think he can.
I think as payrolls (Across baseball) went up and up, the owner just became another ‘easy target’ for blame.
It’s baseball time. that other stuff will shake itself out without us having to worry.
So far it’s like the scene in Galactica where Adama had the yellow line down the middle of the deck. It’s me, Dave and Ceetar over here. Who is with us?
Well the owner kinda does have the final say in everything about the team, so shouldn’t he be an easy target? He hired Minaya, Manuel, Randolph… and the list goes on. Anyone that got hired was ultimately with his permission and blessing.
Shannon, you guys can keep giving your money to Bernie Madoff’s right hand man and act like it never happened… but then again, that’s how Madoff got away with what he did for so long.