With the General Manager meetings cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hot stove will have to wait a bit longer for some flashy news. That news hopefully will occur at the Winter Meetings which be held for the first time virtually and take place on December 7-10. The meetings were supposed to be held in Dallas. The owner’s meetings, also to be held largely through...
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A scant moments after everything was signed, sealed and delivered, officially making Steve Cohen the majority owner of the New York Mets, came an indication on just how things will be run in Flushing from now on. Cohen, in a statement, issued moves that will have a positive impact in the community around Citi Field, help Mets employees, and offer relief to small businesses. Here is the statement...
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It’s not everyday that witnesses the resignation of the Vice-President of the United States. But then again it’s not everyday that a team which only won 82 games during the regular season is playing in a winner-take-all game 5 of the National League Championship Series. Surreal or not, unlikely or not, these events (and more) took place on a Wednesday afternoon, October 10, 1973. The...
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Sandy Alderson has seen it all. From his undergraduate days at Dartmouth, to his law school years at Harvard to his stint in the U.S. Marine Corps, to his 30-odd years as an executive in Major League Baseball, Richard Lynn “Sandy” Alderson has seen it all. From frugal owners to wealthy ones, from good organizations to bad, from the top of the heap to the depths of despair, Alderson...
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“I am excited to have reached an agreement with the Wilpon and Katz families to purchase the New York Mets.” Twenty words uttered by new Mets majority owner Steven Cohen that have sent much of the fandom to levels seldom seen since October 27, 1986, the night the Amazins’ won their second World Championship. Cohen, who is worth $14 billion, is a life-long Mets fan who has a...
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