The Mets Police

What an exciting morning to be a Mets blogger.

The New York Mets hope to complete the sale of up to a 25% stake by the end of June, according to a person involved with the planned transaction, as the baseball team seeks funds to make up for a potential settlement related to investments with fraud figure Bernard Madoff.

via Baseball’s Mets, Ensnared in Madoff Scheme, Hope to Sell Off Piece by June – WSJ.com.

I almost messed up and used “on” where I now have “discussed.”  I meant the same thing but glad I didn’t throw him under the bus.

The Times seems to be the thing to read today.  They caught up with Mike and here’s what he had to say on steroids.  I don’t know what the question was:

“It’s been debated — a lot,” Piazza said, referring to the steroids issue in general. “I just want to focus on the positive things of that era. It was a fun time to play baseball. There was a lot going on. There were some positives, and that’s what I want to address.”

He added: “As a player, I don’t get into the whole debate about how people will judge you. I just want to go out there and at least say this was a fun time to play and contribute to the game.”

via Mike Piazza Talks Up Memoir, Down Any Plans to Own Piece of Mets – NYTimes.com.

In that article is a quote where Mike says he will discuss steroids in his upcoming book.

I’m trying so hard to be fair but I look at that quote and what it’s missing to me is a word like “never.”  In fairness, perhaps the question was “do you think steroids have been debated?”

Let’s make today a Mike Piazza day on the site since there’s lots of 31 to go around in the news. Oh yeah and Madoff.

First off in this video, Mike Piazza says better days are ahead for the Mets. You mean two collapses, every player getting hurt and Madoffgate is the bottom?  Whew.

Hoo boy, I haven’t had my coffee yet and I know nothing about operating a major league baseball team..but this Times article is sure to upset the civilian population.  Go read now.

…they sometimes adopted the strategy of placing deferred money owed the players with Mr. Madoff’s investment firm. They would have to pay the player, but the owners of the club would be able to make money for themselves in the meantime. There never seemed to be much doubt about that, according to several people with knowledge of the arrangements.

“Bernie was part of the business plan for the Mets,” a former employee of the club said.

via Bernie Madoff Had Wide Role in Mets’ Finances – NYTimes.com.

Randy at the Apple took some video of me and used CGI to change my outfit.

Read here for a very funny post.  Trust me.  You’re surfing the internet after 11, just trust me.

And you all will be in love with Murph (again I might add) come May.  #imwith28

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Speaking of late night surfing, apparently I scared people off with the I’m Keith Hernandez post.  People think I posted a porn movie.  No.  It’s a very funny movie about Keith, but at one point you are going to see a penis, and later in the film they dubbed in some actual porn footage of a man with a Keith-like mustache.  So make sure the kids and wife are asleep but treat yourself to the 20 minutes.