(Wilpon) purchased one percent of the company back in 1980 when Doubleday & Co. came on as owners. Doubleday got the majority share, but Wilpon served as president and CEO. In 1986, though, Wilpon moved from token owner to full partner, purchasing 50 percent. In 2002, Wilpon bought the remaining half of the team from Doubleday for $135 million to become sole owner.
It’s a weird thing because he’d been around as owner before and wouldn’t become sole owner for a while, but today is the silver anniversary of a key day in his rise to power. Or, if you’re a Mets fan, you might want to consider it a key date in the Mets fall to infamy.
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the Mets have won more than they’ve lost over the last 25 years, albeit narrowly: 2,017-1,962 (.507).
