Gary, Keith, and Ron are a staple of Mets broadcasts and have been part of the identity of Mets fandom since 2006. However, with spring training only weeks away, it’s not a guarantee that GKR will be reuniting for the 2023 season. The New York Post’s Mike Puma reported Wednesday that there was “still a gap” between SNY and Keith Hernandez in contract talks for the...
No matter what happens come October, World Series or no World Series, deep postseason run or no deep postseason run, this has been a transformative year for the New York Mets in more ways than one. While the Mets are threatening to stumble across the finishing line with a 7-7 record against teams under .500 in September, there is no doubt that 2022 has been a resounding success on the diamond...
Spanning across 2015-2016, the New York Mets featured one of the top starting rotations in the majors and made the postseason in back-to-back seasons because of their elite pitching staff, however, starter Zack Wheeler’s departure in 2019 created a massive hole that still hasn’t been filled. After spending nine seasons inside the Mets’ organization, Wheeler hit the open market...
It’s hard to say something that doesn’t mean anything. That sounds like a nugget of philosophical wisdom, or a Taylor Swift lyric, but it’s true. The whole point of language is that it all means something. If it didn’t, the cavemen wouldn’t have come up with it. They didn’t have time for meaningless words, what with punching each other and fleeing mammoths and all their other caveman hijinks....
Steve Cohen is a Mets fan. He’s a billionaire and pending a majority of 29 other owners, has ownership of the team. That last hurdle of approval should come in November when MLB owners meet. A perfect time in November to take over. First, though, a process of building the billion dollar Steve Cohen Empire in Flushing. The expected approval is a matter of dollars and cents and MLB will look at...
The sale of the New York Mets has been a wild ride, but one that is nearing its finish line as we are less than two weeks away from the final bids being submitted at month’s end. All reports paint this auction to be a two-man race between hedge-fund billionaire Steve Cohen and former player Alex Rodriguez, but no one can agree on who the favorite really is between the two. Due to his...
Will it be A-Rod and J-Lo? Will it be the Reuben brothers? Whereas we do not yet know who will be the new owners of the Mets we do know one thing — the Wilpons have a timeline. They want to sell the team by the end of the year. The New York Post reports that first-round bids on the Mets will begin in July. The Wilpons are looking to have their buyer confirmed by October 1st. July is just...
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...
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....
An MMO Fan Shot by Gabriel Pariente As news of Zack Wheeler signing with the Phillies and Cole Hamels agreeing to play for Braves in 2020 filtered in earlier this week, the usual anger with the Mets’ financial limitations and ineptitude once again reared its ugly head. Then suddenly, a report came across my phone saying the Wilpons were in talks to sell the Mets. I dismissed it at first as a...
In another rare public showing, Jeff Wilpon spoke to reporters on Sunday, answering questions about the Mets. Wilpon spoke at length about the Mets’ GM search (which has reportedly been in progress since June despite the Mets not having interviewed a single candidate), but he also addressed the disappointing 2018 season. Jeff Wilpon: “I can promise you ownership is disappointed. …...
David Wright’s final appearance as a New York Met on Saturday night was easily one of my most poignant memories as a fan of this team. Everything about the occasion – from Wright’s young daughter throwing out the first pitch to his final words to the fans after what would be a marathon game – was well choreographed to honor what he means to all of us. To me, Wright was not merely a great player...
