Tag: Jeff Wilpon

Steve Cohen: I Need to Make Good Decisions

It’s not a popularity contest. But even if it was, Mets’ majority owner Steve Cohen wouldn’t care. He just wants to make smart decisions. When Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported on Monday that the Mets were not in on Japanese pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, some Mets fans reached for the panic button on Twitter. That’s the spirit , just give up and go to sleep — Steven...

Mets Release Statement Regarding the Hot Mic

On Thursday evening, Mets general manager, Brodie Van Wagenen, was caught on a hot mic earlier today criticizing Rob Manfred’s handling of the league wide protests that are going around Major League Baseball. Here is the video in case you missed it earlier: Brodie Van Wagenen then released a statement saying that he misspoke and that the order came from Jeff Wilpon, not Rob Manfred. Rob...

MMO Exclusive: Jay Horwitz Discusses Four Decades With Mets

  When Jay Horwitz interviewed for a public relations position with the New York Mets back in 1980, he was convinced that the prospects of getting hired were slim to none. After all, Horwitz showed up to his interview a half-hour late after he went to the wrong hotel, and then proceeded to spill a container of orange juice on general manager Frank Cashen’s lap after nervously reaching...

Steve Cohen May Re-Enter Fray For The Sale Of The Mets

In the latest twist in the saga that has become the unloading of the Mets franchise, Laura Goldman, a former Huffinging Post contributor, reported that billionaire Steve Cohen isn’t ruling out a return to reenter the bidding for the Mets. However, Goldman says that Cohen will only re-enter the bidding when the teams begin to play and will want more immediate control and/or SNY. Cohen, in...

Report: Shortened Season Will Hurt Mets “More Than Most”

Joe Pantorno of AM New York is reporting that a shortened (or even no) 2020 MLB season will force Mets owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon to “essentially stop pumping money into the team.” The notion is based off of Pantorno’s sources and the fact that the Mets stand to lose many millions in a shortened season. The Associated Press reported in May that the team would lose about $214...

Morning Briefing: Mets Still Looking To Sell Team

Good Morning, Mets Fans! MLB finished off their unusual five-round draft yesterday with rounds two through five. Latest Mets News The Mets are still for sale, and there are “four to five” players in the game, per Jeff Wilpon. Jerry Crasnick of the MLBPA wrote about a bond Amed Rosario has formed during quarantine. Gary, Keith, and Ron caught up with Pete Alonso and David Wright....

Fan Shot: The Strokes’ “Ode to the Mets” Is Just What We Needed

MMO Fan Shot by Brandon Gross Because it has nothing to do with the Mets. In 2010, Julian Casablancas, lead singer and songwriter of New York’s own Strokes and noted Mets fan, said in a Rolling Stone article that he wants to “…write the new TV theme song for the Mets.” A decade later, it looks like the “Last Nite” hitmaker sort of made good on his promise, as a song entitled “Ode to the Mets”...

Morning Briefing: Mets Thank First Responders

Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News The Mets tweeted out a video thanking first-responders and nurses featuring cameos from Jeff Wilpon, Luis Rojas, and Brodie Van Wagenen. Chelsea Nimmo is looking for donations of much-needed medical supplies. Latest MLB News  Major League Baseball announced that they will pay all minor-leaguers $400 a week until May 31st. Michael Clair of MLB.com...

Bernie Madoff Hoping For Early Release From Prison

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...

Mike Piazza: Jeff Wilpon Cares About Mets

Mike Piazza spoke with reporters on Wednesday before the Mets’ Grapefruit League game against the Houston Astros. The Hall of Fame catcher spoke about a golf outing he had with Jeff Wilpon recently and the misconception that he thinks fans have of the Wilpons currently. “As a player, it’s not like ownership doesn’t want to win,” Piazza said (Anthony DiComo of...

After Messy Offseason, Hope Springs Eternal Once Again

The New York Mets officially began spring training on Monday and kicked off their 59th MLB season. As with every year, the phrase “Hope springs eternal” from Alexander Pope’s “An Essay on Man” echos in the background of all 30 MLB clubhouses. Yet in the end, only 10 teams will make the playoffs at the end of September. A month later only one team will stand as World...

Bloomberg: Next Mets’ Owner Will Take Over Immediately

Despite hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen’s attempt to buy the Mets falling through, Fred and Jeff Wilpon still intend to sell the team. That is expected to happen sooner rather than later, with the process set to begin Monday, Feb. 10. Cohen, who had an eight percent minority stake in the team, would have gained up to 80 percent control of the team if the deal went through. The only...

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