Selig Extension Official, Endorses Fred Wilpon

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• musico8 January 12, 2012 at 4:29 pm

  That tweet makes me sick.
• Kranepool7 January 12, 2012 at 4:34 pm

  Sickening!
• MetsMan86 January 12, 2012 at 4:36 pm

  **PUKE**
• Joe Spector January 12, 2012 at 4:44 pm

  I’d like to know who the one no vote came from.
  • Kramer67 January 12, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    Frank McCourt?
• Kay January 12, 2012 at 4:46 pm

  Crap – certainly not what most of us wanted to hear
• Florida Met Fan Rich January 12, 2012 at 5:28 pm

  I would stay on too for 25 Million a year!…..I think baseball is ,making a big mistake.

  Bud: There are no ties in baseball!
• S.FloridaMetsFan January 12, 2012 at 6:09 pm

  Ugh………
• Steve S. January 12, 2012 at 6:28 pm

  Where is his office located— Barf City?
• baby al January 12, 2012 at 7:30 pm

  dud selig …..another day another dollar. if he retires when he is 8o,a big if, a kid like joe torre can take his place.old men with old ideas and a thrist 4 more monies.thats why dud has so much respect for freddye wilponzie.old friends… old friends …. sitting on top of mlb like book ends.
• Allyoop January 12, 2012 at 6:34 pm

  The news for Met fans keeps getting worse and worse. Which way to barfatorium?
• tlagee January 12, 2012 at 7:37 pm

  It was the San Diego owner who voted no because the other owners tabled his request for selling his team until the next meeting which ticked him off.

  Selgi is suporting an onwer who is this out of touch with his fans:

  Wilpon: “I think that we have to get the fans back at the stadium,” said Wilpon, 75, who has owned at least a stake in the team since 1980. “That’s a necessity, that’s a lifeblood. To do that, we have to have a good team. … Our fans really deserve some good play on the field and I’m very hopeful.”

  That was from the WJS interview.

  You can’t. as an owner, along with the front office, do nothing but cut in the off season and expect to get fans back. Fred believes that the fans were frustrated by long term contracts. Really? The fans are frustrated by one thing – not having a competative team. The fans didn’t make the long term contracts – the front office did. And if Fred was unable to keep his best player from going to a NL East competator he can’t now expect fans to rush back to Citifield.

  He’s out of touch.

  As far as Selig being around for 2 more years – well, he’s every owner’s Buddy.
• Joey D. January 12, 2012 at 10:58 pm

  It makes sense that 29 of the 30 owners would vote to extend Bud Selig’s contract. After all, allowing the Wilpons to retain ownership insures a continuing fire sale of the few remaining good players the Mets will have left. In two years or so Davis, Duda, Murphy and others will be eligible for arbitration and that will be like taking candy from a baby just like it has been in Oakland.

  Bad news for us but not for the rest of the majors.
• K Maxx January 13, 2012 at 2:09 pm

  This might be the first post we all can agree on. Pass me a vomit bag.
• trs86 January 13, 2012 at 2:25 pm

  Thing is, I don’t like Bud but can you say the sport has not done well during his tenure? Not saying he is not crooked as Bobby Cox’s back… just saying.
  • jessep January 13, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    I agree. Generally speaking, fans do not like the Commish of any sport. He works for the owners, not the fans… I think people assume he works for the fans sometimes.

    I don’t like Selig mostly due to this whole Wilpon thing. Outside of that, I frankly think he’s done more good than bad
    • trs86 January 13, 2012 at 2:36 pm

      I don’t care about the Wilpon thing. Honestly, as much as I want the Wilpons to move on, they had done nothing that warrants Sandy stepping in and taking them over anyway.