Comments on: Could Mets Triple-A Team Be Heading To Oklahoma?

By: Rich from Lake Como

Rich from Lake Como — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:50:35 +0000

The funny thing about this is that if the Wilpons (primarily Jeff, I’m told) had agreed to Brian Cashman’s deal to temporarily house the Yankee I. L. team in Newark this season, they would probably have more options for a Triple A affiliation on the East Coast. They could have bought a Triple A franchise, housed it in Newark in 2013 and worked on a deal for an up and coming East Coast market for 2014. It was a lose/lose deal for everybody when they shot the Cashman request down. Shortsighted…. but then again, these are the Wilpons. They should stick to building shopping centers and office buildings.

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:44:59 +0000

I figured this was ok to be posted here.

Mets expect to be booted from Buffalo

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/54911/report-mets-to-be-booted-from-buffalo

By: Metfan Lou

Metfan Lou — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:24:01 +0000

Wow, just think of all the frequent flier miles these guys would get.

By: Tim B.

Tim B. — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:13:10 +0000

Joe – thanks for the follow up and update! I know a few Mets fans that would be thrilled to have the Triple A team in OKC! Guess only time will tell…..

By: Heybatter

Heybatter — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:39:29 +0000

Sounds good to me. I live in Sacramento and could see them a few times a year.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 02:46:17 +0000

Its sad as hell that the Mets ineptitude at the AAA level is going to force them out west. What a goddamned joke.

By: L.J. Phipps

L.J. Phipps — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:14:55 +0000

Well if I had a choice then it would be between Memphis & Nashville. Hate they could not work it out with B-Lo.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:26:20 +0000

I love to see Ottawa or Montreal get a AAA bid eventually and for the Mets to go there.

By: USMF

USMF — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:11:37 +0000

Rochester Sports writers are terrible and have a huge anti-Mets pro-yankee agenda.

The whole Met’s/Buffalo comment has noting to do with the article and doesn’t make any sense. It’s just bad and lazy writing.

If you want to do a story about the Mets and Buffalo, then do it, but what does that have to do with Rochester and the Twins? The quote is out of place…

And the whole “we want a winner” and “tired of losing” crap that AAA cities cry about is BS and every city does it. Rochester has been whining about the Twins for the majority of the time they’ve been together and they’ve wanted to dump them for years…but they re-up all the time. It’s just a ploy that they do to get a better deal from the parent club.

As for the Mets moving, i hope they stay, I’ve gotten to see them play a bunch of times and I really enjoy it. But Teams jump around all the time, especially in recent years. I’ve seen a bunch of teams come and go in these upstate AAA cities the past few years. Everyone is looking for the better deal. And because there are a lot of good AAA cities in NY and not much else in the North East, they are in demand with the North East MLB teams. A lot of the teams in the IL have switched parent clubs at least once in the past decade.

As for the Mets moving, when they lost Norfolk and moved to New Orleans…everyone new it was a temporary move until a city in the North East opened up. There was some hope hope that they’d stay there, but wasn’t a reality.

The Mets used them like the rebound girl…have some fun and get a place to crash, but dumped them as soon as a better deal came around.

By: Tim B.

Tim B. — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:31:09 +0000

I think the Buffalo/Toronto deal is probably one of the worst kept secrets as far as team movement over the past year – we’ve all pretty much known since last fall this would be the last in Buffalo for the Mets. In that case, the Mets will end up out west – no IL teams left to hook up with. Who knows, maybe they won’t end up in Vegas but some other location in the PCL – with half the teams up for grabs, anything can happen.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:16:07 +0000

Buffalo is going with Toronto. That is 95% done according to Baseball America. Buffalo wants to win and they are fed up with the junk the Mets send them. If the Mets end up out west, and they likely will, that is awful news.

By: stick

stick — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:05:43 +0000

Iowa and Memphis certainly stretch the boundaries of pacific coast just a tad…

Iowa? still not that close, but I have been to that stadium (for an Iowa Cubs game) in Des Moines, and it was a very nice facility. though the Cubs are a very logical fit for them (geographically and Fan Base).

By: L.J. Phipps

L.J. Phipps — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:57:27 +0000

Buffalo has a great facility, I hope the Mets re-up with them, plus it is close for call-ups.

By: Hawk

Hawk — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:56:05 +0000

We don’t need no stinkin’ triple A, that club is in the majors.