Good morning, Mets fans! Here’s to hoping everyone is happy and healthy out there. Here’s what you need to know on this Sunday morning: Latest Mets News In a conference call with reporters on Saturday, Mets’ general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said that he is letting Mets players decide whether they will remain, or leave Port St. Lucie to be with their families. Tim Britton of...
CBS New York reports that Bernie Madoff has requested to speak to a judge in order to make a “dying, personal plea” for early release from prison. Madoff, 81, is currently serving a 150-year sentence for a Ponzi scheme that saw him lose $17.5 billion given to him by investors. He has said and the Bureau of Prisons has agreed that he has less than 18 months to live due to kidney...
Fans were elated on December 4, 2019 when reports came out that billionaire Steve Cohen was in talks to buy a majority of the Mets franchise. Mets fans have grown sick of the penny-pinching, meddling, and generally incompetent duo of Fred and Jeff Wilpon. Cohen was expected to buy 80% of the franchise for $2.6 billion with a five-year plan that allowed the Wilpons to stay in the organization....
It’s July 1st, not nearly as significant a day as July 4th, unless of course your name is Bobby Bonilla. It’s time for the Mets to cut that annual payroll check in the amount of $1,193,248.20 for their two-time former outfielder. It’s all part of the agreement the Mets made to pay Bonilla that $1.2 million sum annually on July 1 for 25 years rather than the $5.9 million he was...
Alex – The answer is… Because the Wilpons had no money after becoming embroiled in a second Ponzi Scheme with arch criminal Bernie Madoff. Joe D. – Why didn’t the Mets sign Jose Reyes? DING, DING, DING, DING, DING…. It looks like I missed out on all the fun this morning where various Mets Twitter celebs battled over why we didn’t sign Jose Reyes or why we...
An MMO Fan Shot By Andrew Doris The two-year plan The past two seasons, the Mets have finished 74-88. Over that time, they’ve dumped all their albatross contracts (except Bobby Bonilla…) and resolved the Bernie Madoff lawsuit, such that management finally appears capable of investing in the team. Whether they will or not remains to be seen, but Sandy Alderson has said the team has about $30...
As winter creeps onto the landscape and the offseason crawls along, its becoming apparent that the sweeping changes that were promised by Mets GM, Sandy Alderson, are likely to be held off another year. Instead of renovating the roster to resemble that of a organization poised for a resurgence, the Mets remain in a holding pattern. The team’s front office had declared the World Series,...
Despite the New York Mets entering the season with muted expectations, the average price for Mets tickets on the secondary market are comparable to last year’s prices, and in fact are up a bit compared to this time last year. As the prices on the secondary market are set by individual ticket brokers all over New York, they come the closest at reflecting the “true market value” of what fans are...
I remember when the whole Madoff fiasco started to carpet-bomb its way into the mainstream sports media. Well before it all started to make headlines and evolve into the sports blogs fodder du-jour, mercilessly mocking the team, its owners and even fans, I had a conversation with an old family friend with ties to the organization. During our chat the Madoff situation came up. Basically he said...
This past Monday, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon updated the media and fans about the status of the minority ownership stakes, saying it was “going very well.” That was the first significant update since the David Einhorn deal fell apart. Fans and the media alike were interested in who these minority owners were, and Mr. Wilpon stated: Some of the people don’t want to be public. Some of the...
“Even if the financials break down as reported, one would think the $100 million dollars being earmarked for operating costs will go toward the projected $70 million dollars in losses this season, and any additional losses next season. Basically, the way I see it, this will keep them afloat for two years, and that is assuming they don’t lose the lawsuit. By the end of those two seasons, the...
Though to most baseball fans the season has just begun, to many Mets fans it was over before it started. The Mets were welcomed at the beginning of the season by five fans covering their faces in shame with brown paper bags and chanting “sell the Mets.” After being sued for $1 Billion by Bernie Madoff victims, the Mets franchise is now left with a brand new, state of the art stadium that is home...
