Mets Could Make Deal To Salvage Ticket Sales, Not For Improvement’s Sake

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• alex68 (THE CORE) July 28, 2010 at 12:11 pm

  lmao,”As they did with Jason Bay, Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo, the Mets will go after the one player no other teams are interested in to avoid a bidding war.”

  i never thought of it that way, is pathetic, a new york team avoiding a bidding war.. lol, wow..
  • BudbeatPete73 July 28, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    Now you’re clumping Jason Bay in with Perez……….

    Every day I think I’ve read it all and then……..you never fail
    • Satish Ram July 28, 2010 at 1:43 pm

      Actually, the author of this post (Joe D) was the one who put them together.

      And he is correct in saying that, because at the point when the Mets signed them, they gave them more money than they probably would’ve gotten or deserved because they fell into a bidding war with themselves…

      Which are the only bidding wars the Wilpons seem to fall into.
      • alex68 (THE CORE) July 28, 2010 at 2:04 pm

        satish, thanks, but honestly, this guy came here 2 weeks ago and already wanna post against the big boys here, i ignore his replies, he needs to earn it just like me and others have done..
        • BudbeatPete73 July 28, 2010 at 2:26 pm

          While I may have jumped the gun on this one, lets be clear, you are not a big boy, and this is an internet site – you don’t earn anything….
      • Des July 28, 2010 at 2:25 pm

        Not true with Luis. There was a competitive bid from the Houston Astros.
        • Satish Ram July 28, 2010 at 2:57 pm

          Really?
          Either I didn’t hear about it or I forgot since time has passed.
          • Des July 30, 2010 at 12:50 am

            Even real good fans can miss or forget. I couldn’t find one of the lengthy articles that appeared in late 2007. There was quite a bit written back then. It takes some heavy lifting to unearth some of this stuff. Apparently most of it is no longer available, but here’s a sampling of references.

            http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/11/17/2007-11-17_mets_eye_david_eckstein-2.html

            http://ballhype.com/mlb/houston_astros/2007/?p=39

            http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/are-the-mets-courting-the-worlds-scrappiest-human

            http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/houston_chronicle_astros_set_to_sign_2b_kaz_matsui/
  • Art Raimondo July 29, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    I’ve had about enough of the Won’tpons. Why don’t the sell the team and open up a fast food emporium(Fred would probably sell horse meat IT’S CHEAPER)! The fact is if he wants to save money and help the team HE SHOULD PLAY SECOND BASE INSTEAD OF CASTIILOUT….HE WOULD PROBABLY HIT FOR A HIGHER AVERAGE!!! We need a starter….Rt handed reliever and a 2nd baseman that CAN HIT! If not you forget about meaningful games down the stretch. The only consolation would the marvelous echo to be heard both
    at Citi Field and in the Won’tpons pockets!!!!!!
• Mike Lloyd July 28, 2010 at 12:13 pm

  Deathly afraid…and they should be. Without acquiring a reliever AND STARTER, and this team starts hitting, this team will not even be in the race by the end of August. Winning and ticket sales go hand in hand. Unless people see passion and desire for the front office to win, we will be seeing the Chad Qualls of the world coming through the bullpen doors, and Hisanori Takahashi giving us 2 good starts out of 5. Takahashi belongs in the ‘pen. Put Tak back where he belongs and go trade for a good starter. A pennant race is worth more than they’ll give up in prospects and money for the acquisition. It will also go a long way towards telling the fan base ‘We’re trying’. The only thing that will cement ticket sales is a close pennant race or a trip to the playoffs. If they don’t then Citi will be a ghost town in ’11
• kevin July 28, 2010 at 12:19 pm

  I’m glad you letting fans know the way this team operates. I hope the Wilpons go banrupt and sell the team to owners who care.
• Annie Savoy July 28, 2010 at 12:49 pm

  I often wonder why the Wilpons chose – and kept – a New York team. They have no idea that New York is different – it’s the Big Time, it’s where all the action is and it is where baseball is king – not football, not basketball, not hockey. New York is a Baseball Town.

  The Wilpon’s simply cannot – or will not – keep the team in New York playing condition.

  No wonder that New Yorkers don’t want to see the Mets anymore.
• danny krieger July 28, 2010 at 12:55 pm

  A 6-0 homestand will change alot!
• alex68 (THE CORE) July 28, 2010 at 1:02 pm

  if the mets go 6-0 in this homestand i will change my name to jessep’s bff..
  • russell Zanca July 28, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    That’ll work!

    To be followed by your first post on MLB stadiums’ best bathrooms.
• Steve from Norfolk July 28, 2010 at 1:11 pm

  I can’t understand why Misch or Gee haven’t been brought up once yet this season. Even if neither does much more than Takahashi, at least Takahashi would be back in the pen to help in relief. What is it? Are they our “Break glass in case your rotation blows up” pitchers?? Guess what! Time to break the glass!
• Mex_17 July 28, 2010 at 1:17 pm

  I checked a couple weeks ago and so-so seats at CitiField were at least, if not more, expensive than seats at Yankee Stadium.

  So the Wilpons’ idea to have a smaller ballpark inflate demand seems to work.

  I only wish they had an idea to build a contending team every year.
• Steve from Norfolk July 28, 2010 at 1:22 pm

  While I’m having great(sic) ideas, how about trying to trade Ollie to a Japanese team. Wouldn’t he be put on the restricted list if he didn’t report? Gets the Coupons out from under that salary, anyway. Maybe Taiwan or Korea, even. Does Afghanistan have a baseball league?
• chris July 28, 2010 at 2:07 pm

  the mets front office doesn’t realize how smart their fan base is … they think they can continue to fool them by putting out some mediocre baseball team and everyone will flock to see it because they’re in a new ballpark … what they didn’t realize is that no matter how pretty the ballpark is if the team playing in it is mediocre than nobody is going to pay top dollar to watch it play

  maybe they need to stop playing their fans for fools and show us some respect … after the 2009 season was over jeff wilpon, omar minaya & dave howard appeared on the mike francessa show and promised they would do whatever it takes to put a competitive, championship caliber team on the field

  if this is what they consider “whatever it takes” than we’re in for a pretty dismal finish and an even more dismal 2011
• jdon July 28, 2010 at 3:28 pm

  I wonder if the Wontpons have made the correlation that their drop in attendance is directly correlated with their inability to make wise, timely, future conscious decisions? Or are they blaming the stay-aways on themedia and the blogosphere?
• Alex Esposito July 29, 2010 at 12:19 am

  I have the solution to the ownership problem. Two words:

  MIKHAIL PROKHOROV.
  • Des July 29, 2010 at 12:47 am

    I’m not into detente as much as you. He still has to prove himself.

    Check out Mark Cuban. He’s a handful with some talent.
• jdon July 29, 2010 at 6:56 am

  They just never make moves for the right reason, and therefore they rarely make the right moves.
• tracey July 29, 2010 at 8:08 am

  The Phillies are getting Oswalt….and we get …..silence from the front office.
  • BudbeatPete73 July 29, 2010 at 8:26 am

    http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/roy-oswalt-deal-looking-unlikely-72610

    Oswalt does not want to go to the Phillies in a trade, a source with direct knowledge of his thinking said Monday.