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By: Media Goon

I know this news is a few hours old already, but even at my job I can get busy with work.Remember that closer we had this year that did that thing that I dont want to rehash and broke his hand? Yeah thats right K Rod.

Well the Mets and K Rod had settled the grievance of his contract and the Mets wanting to void it. The Mets sent out a press release to explain what the terms are.

FLUSHING, N.Y., OCTOBER 19, 2010 – The New York Mets today announced that the grievance filed by Francisco Rodriguez has been resolved.  Rodriguez has instructed the Major League Baseball Players Association not to challenge the team’s decision to withhold his salary for the remainder of the 2010 season. In return, the Mets have agreed they will not seek to convert Rodriguez’s contract to a non-guaranteed contract, and will remove him from the Disqualified List.  Rodriguez will forego approximately $3.1 million of 2010 salary as a result of this agreement.

Jeff Wilpon also added:

“We are pleased that Frankie Rodriguez has accepted responsibility for his actions and their consequences.  We have been assured that he is taking steps to address the issues that led to the incident, and that those efforts will continue.  We have also been assured that he will work hard both on and off the field to regain the trust of the organization, Mets fans and the community.”

This is going around Twitter right now… Really not too far from the truth is it..

The New York Mets today announced they will host Hispanic Heritage Night Presented by Goya this Friday, September 17 when the Mets play the Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m. at Citi Field.

Goya is going to donate 20,000 pounds of food to City Harvest. If the one thing the Mets as an organization gets right is their charity work.

There will be a mariachi band to greet fans at the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.

K-Company from the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club will entertain fans with a pre-game dance performance.

Also, Bocatabu, a Latino pop-rock group, will also play pre-game in celebration of Hispanic culture.

Mets players will also wear “Los Mets” jerseys. I can see Shannon right now gritting his teeth in anger over the “Los” Mets. I think he might hate them more then he hates the black jerseys. Would be cool to see his head explode if they wear black Los Mets jerseys though.

Also on hand will be, Tony Unanue from Goya Foods will throw out the ceremonial first pitch, and Telemundo’s Veronica Contreras will make public address announcements in Spanish throughout the game.

By:Media Goon

This is from a press release from Mr.Megdal.

After receiving thousands of votes over the course of 18 grueling primaries at blogs dedicated to the Mets around the Internet, Howard Megdal will graciously accept the nomination of New York Mets fans to be the next General Manager at 6:15 PM Thursday night in Parking Lot E at Citi Field.

Megdal won every primary he entered, with a vote share of 65 percent or greater in 17 of the 18 contests, and averaged a vote share of greater than 74 percent. Considering that Metsblog currently rates the fan confidence rating in the team at 9 percent, there can be no greater sign that Fred and Jeff Wilpon are listening to the wishes of the fans than by making Howard Megdal the next General Manager of the New York Mets.
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