Alderson Gets Funny About the Mets’ Money – NYTimes.com

Sandy rules.  But Sandy, seriously, watch Walking Dead so we have something to talk about on the next blogger conference call.  I really don’t feel like making up like I care about middle relief.

“We wanted to play off the absurdity of it,” Alderson said. “Everything we do is viewed through the prism of our perceived financial situation.”

“There are always some that take life way too seriously,” Alderson said. “For those people, it might take longer for my message to get across.”

via Alderson Gets Funny About the Mets’ Money – NYTimes.com.

The whistleblower returns: Noreen Harrington, once the star witness in a Spitzer crusade, testifies that the Mets owners knew about Madoff | Capital New York

Financial stuff I don’t understand at all Part 2

…with the $386 million lawsuit brought by Picard against Wilpon and his partners—who are already under great financial strain and struggling to hold on to the Mets—speeding toward a March 19 trial, the latest court filings include testimony from a woman whose contention about what the partners knew and when they knew it could decide the whole ballgame.

via The whistleblower returns: Noreen Harrington, once the star witness in a Spitzer crusade, testifies that the Mets owners knew about Madoff | Capital New York.

IRS Has To Play Ball With Mets on Daryl Strawberrys Money – Forbes

Financial Stuff I don’t understand at all Part 1

That’s what brought the Mets into court in this case, In re: CHARISSE ANN STRAWBERRY, Debtor.  They were filing something called an interpleader:The Mets have initiated the interpleader in order to ensure that the disputed deferred compensation funds are given to those that are properly entitled to it and to ensure that they are protected from further liability.

via IRS Has To Play Ball With Mets on Daryl Strawberrys Money – Forbes.