Open those wallets.
Do you remember a few weeks ago Commissioner Bud Selig asked the sports’ owners and general managers to be fiscally responsible as to be sensitive to the public during these tough economic times? As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let the frenzy begin ….
Today is the first day teams are able to negotiate with free agents. I don’t know about you, but I find it extremely coincidental that Commissioner Bud Selig came out with the announcement several...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mets to name Alderson
He was the favorite from the moment he announced his interest in the job, and a formality after being endorsed by commissioner Bud Selig. Although the Mets have not officially done so, the announcement...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Impact of Wilpon’s financial problems already being felt.
F. WILPON: There's a Ponzi connection to the field. Some have suggested the product on the field has not yet been impacted by the Ponzi scheme, but that is hardly close to the truth. In fact, much of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Today in Mets’ History: Seaver gets save in 1967 game.
Tom Seaver starred on this date in 1967 at the All-Star Game in Anaheim when All-Star Games actually meant something and were more than an encore for ESPN’s Home Run Derby. SEAVER: Gets save in 67...
View ArticleLosing Einhorn not the end of the world.
Much like their bullpen, the Mets’ deal with minority investor David Einhorn collapsed, and with it the $200 million infusion the financially strapped franchise was banking on to help them maintain as...
View ArticleAlderson talks with Reyes’ agents; team likely to tender Pelfrey, but not...
At the GM meetings in Milwaukee, Mets’ GM Sandy Alderson acknowledged speaking with the Jose Reyes camp, but figures weren’t given. Alderson described the talks as “early” and “amicable,” which won’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What If Selig Treated Mets The Way He Did Dodgers?
Over a year ago the Dodgers and Mets were in deep financial distress when Commissioner Bud Selig strong armed Los Angeles owner Frank McCourt into selling the team by first taking financial control?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Umpire Angel Hernandez Blows Call; Needs To Be Repremanded
There’s arrogance. There’s blind arrogance. And, there is Angel Hernandez arrogance, which by the way, incorporates a little bit of the blind. Another night, another blown call, but Hernandez’s last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alex Rodriguez Must Stand Up To Bud Selig
The issues in the Biogenesis case are two-fold: 1) the accused players supposedly used PEDs, which is against the rules of MLB’s drug policy, and 2) they used illegal drugs, thereby breaking the real...
View Article