Forbes lists MLB’s worst owner: One Guess

In this article, the Sports Money blog of Forbes magazine says:

Baseball’s worst owner? Always tough to say, given how subjective the arguments can be. But the Mets’ Fred Wilpon is certainly making a good run at it.

The article says that the Mets are flawed because they think New York won’t tolerate a rebuild, and that the Mets are obsessed with the Yankees.

I understand the sentiment, and it is one I used to share, but here in the 2010’s I disagree.   There’s way too many other things to spend money on, including the Yankees.   There’s a generation of future fans at stake.  There’s a 24/7 news cycle that goes beyond the 20 years of sports radio now.  You may have heard about this internet thing.

Baseball was once our passive soap opera.  Something you watched on Channel 9 on a summer night.   Now baseball season never ends, and the Mets can be the lead story every day.  As I wrote in the article below, it’s all about how consumers spend their cash.  No, the Mets can’t go into rebuilding mode.  Not in this town in this decade.

That doesn’t mean the team is doomed.   They just need a new person to run the show.