AP Source: Clubhouse Manager Admitted Baseball Bet
Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels admitted betting on baseball, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
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Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels admitted betting on baseball, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson began interviewing candidates for the team's managerial opening, meeting with Bob Melvin and Dave Jauss.
The Mets have suspended longtime clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels.
J.P. Ricciardi joined Mike Francesa to talk about his new role as the special assistant to the general manager with the Mets.
The Mets will commence the managerial derby on Thursday and Friday of this week. Brooklyn Cyclones manager Wally Backman and third base coach Chip Hale are at the top of the internal list.
Former Yankees manager Joe Torre joined Mike Francesa to recap the baseball season. Afterward, Mets VP of Baseball Operations Dave Howard joined Mike to talk about the Citi Field's new ticket packages.
Sandy Alderson's first major player move as general manager of the New York Mets was an easy one: picking up the $11 million option on Jose Reyes' contract.
The Mets said Wednesday they are cutting ticket prices by an average of 14 percent next season and that season-ticket holders and groups will get an additional 10 percent off at Citi Field.
The new-look Mets are playing more moneyball. General manager Sandy Alderson added an old friend from Oakland to his front office Tuesday, hiring J.P. Ricciardi as a special assistant in New York.
The Giants' final season in New York City was 1957.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig gave his strongest indication yet that two extra wild-card teams will be added to the playoffs for 2012.
Pitcher Hisanori Takahashi and the New York Mets have pushed back a decision on whether he will sign a 2011 contract until Nov. 5.
Sandy Alderson has been appointed as the New York Mets general manager, and is now responsible for rebuilding a big-spending organization beset by problems on and off the field.
Sandy Alderson's hiring may help to dismiss two perceptions about the Mets - that they are financially strapped, and that management - Jeff Wilpon in particular - has micro-managed.
When the New York Giants baseball team left for San Francisco in 1957, some New Yorkers never relinquished their allegiance.
