Dear Mr. Amalgam of All The Mainstream Guys.
What the hell was with you this week? Did Jeff Wilpon steal your girlfriend back in high school?
I know it sucks that Jose Reyes left town. Not that it seemed like he wanted to stay. I mean the Mets didn’t call him by 12:01:01 so clearly it was time to head to Miami and greener pastures.
And if you can find a way to make the payroll work with Reyes making $17 on the Mets please let me know, because I sure wasn’t smart enough. I know, I know, the Wilpons are stupid.
David Wright put out a statement. That too was somehow stupid because it took a few days and thus was “prepared” or something. I’m really not sure what was wrong with, “Jose’s a great friend and a great player.” Sure, “This (bleeping) sucks” would have made a great backpage during the week. Sorry David didn’t play along.
It was clear to me that “no cheering in the press box” sure as hell doesn’t extend to “no booing the crap out of the Wilpons on Twitter” (Mr. Katz, co-founder of Sterling Equities and the President Of The Mets continues to not count in name calling.)
You guys really seem to have some pent up frustration that spilled over this week. If you’re all secretly Mets fans then let’s stop this traditional nonsense of no cheering in the press box. The guys in the suits and ties that made that rule are all dead and buried with their typewriters. Go ahead and high-five each other when Duda homers. Who cares if you root?
I know, got it, some of you are “columnists” so you get to add in some personal opinions. Whatever.
Y’all need to take a week off and not think about the Mets. Reyes is gone. They’ll live.
The Wilpons (and Katz) will make money or lose money or break even. Do you really care?
I’m writing this from my basement. It’s mine and not my moms. I am a hack. A complete amateur moron. I don’t know baseball a tenth as well as you guys do, and you guys do a great job. Several of you crushed it this week.
But seriously, chill out. It’s just a bunch of guys younger than us hitting a ball with a stick.
Oh, to my knowledge Jeff Wilpon has never stolen anyone’s girlfriend.
I’ve never met Jeff…I do know very reliable people who know people who know him. But that is hearsay.
Sandy said the Mets lost “70 Million”…I am obsessed with that. You can’t blame Sandy…you may blame Omar a bit, but he can screw up the Padres now…blaming Madoff is silly. Whom does that leave? A number like that, given the Mets’ market and their TV network is mind-blowing. It jeopardizes the financial viability of the current ownership structure. Unfortunately, that greatly affects the product we fans get. I would not have signed Reyes, given all the factors involved….so I do not speak out if anger over Reyes. The loss given by Sandy indicates total, historic incompetence. Who am I to blame?
I am going to order the new T-shirt from 7-line.
steve the mets maybe lost 70 mill but what alot of people dont relize they get 300 mill a year from cablevision for sny,,sny is a separate entity
Frank…I am trying to get a handle on that…I read that the Yankees own 35% of Yes and the Mets own 65% of SNY. When you say “they” get 300M, who is they? The Mets or the Wilpons outside of the Mets.
Remember too, that getting $300 Million may be wiped out by all the interest payments on their debt on the team and stadium. That is what is really killing them. If they really didn’t lose 70 Million in one year, Sandy is blowing smoke up our asses. We just don’t have access to all the financials…the sad part is that the Mets financials are so complex and screwed up, they might not even know how much they really lost.
I agree. Jeffy is a stereotype nerd and couldn’t steal anybody’s girlfriend unless he clubbed them with daddy’s wallet. Wonder how many swirlies he had to endure in high school ???
The Wilpon dunderheadedness has lost the Mets for me. Madoff or no Madoff, how they put things together in order to arrive at the current situation is dubious, and some legal eagles may term it as criminal. Trying to separate the on-field stuff from front office and ownership stuff is tough. Yes, I’m still a fan, but I’m a fan of reality, too.
If I were a NY tabloid sportswriter and the Mets finally decided to forgo throwing money at everything in favor of building a sustainable franchise, I’d be upset, too, i.e.
“So what in the hell am I supposed to write about NOW?”
These guys are getting their last swings in before the franchise gets all reasonable and whatnot.
Was just watching Mike’d Up…Bruce Beck had Kevin Burkhardt on live after Giant game in Dallas…he is now a Cowboy announcer…also attended baseball meetings in Dallas…for what it is worth, he interpretted Sandy’s comment as the Mets lost $70 Million “last year.”