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Mets fans, get excited! In what is possibly the best news to come out of Flushing since 2006, David Wright tells fans not to worry - it's all going to be OK.
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Mets fans, get excited! In what is possibly the best news to come out of Flushing since 2006, David Wright tells fans not to worry - it's all going to be OK.
David Wright isn't exactly pleased with the way last season went for the Mets. "It's to the point now where you've got to put up or shut up," Wright said on Monday.
With the unsealing of the complaint in the Madoff bankruptcy case there will be many things for Mets fans, to digest. But here's the most Amazin' thing: Bernie Madoff could have been an owner of the New York Mets.
Lawyers say a court-appointed trustee wants the owners of the Mets to give up $300 million - money he says is fake profit from Bernard Madoff's epic Ponzi scheme.
A lawyer for the trustee trying to recover money for the victims of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme says negotiations have ended to settle a lawsuit filed against the Mets owners and their affiliated companies.
Memo to the Wilpons: Call Mark Cuban. The Mavericks' charismatic owner said on Wednesday that he would be "willing" to discuss purchasing part of the Mets, but won't go out of his way to bid on the team.
Boomer & Carton braved the icy tundra, also known as the United States, and courageously made it to Dallas on time for Thursday morning's big Super Bowl show.
Fred Wilpon is the face of a crumbling club, and now we don't know if he can literally afford his own franchise. If the buck stops with him – as it always did with George Steinbrenner – it's his fault.
The Mets' owners met with MLB Commissioner Bud Selig on Tuesday to discuss the team's finances. A person familiar with the meeting says it involved owner Fred Wilpon, team president Saul Katz and chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon.
Frank Viola, pitching coach for the New York Mets' Class A Cyclones, joined Benigno & Roberts on Tuesday morning to talk about his new gig in Brooklyn.
Sandy Alderson insists a lawsuit against the Mets owners by the trustee trying to recover money for Bernie Madoff's victims isn't limiting his moves as the team's new general manager.
Angel Pagan joined Boomer & Carton on Tuesday morning, and according to the outfielder, don't count the Mets out just yet.
Sandy Alderson says he has no second thoughts about joining the Mets. That's probably the Ivy League educated ex-Marine rather than the baseball GM talking. Nothing is going to take this man off-point.
With pitchers and catchers set to report in just a few short weeks, I found myself contemplating the upcoming spring training season. Do the results of spring training games have any effect on regular season success or failure?
Pitcher R.A. Dickey has agreed to a $7.8 million, two-year contract with the New York Mets and outfielder Angel Pagan has agreed to a $3.5 million, one-year deal.
Ex-Mets starter Frank Viola is returning to professional baseball, agreeing to become the pitching coach for the Mets' Class A Brooklyn Cyclones. The Mets also said Monday that Rich Donnelly will take over as manager.
With no meaningful football to watch over the weekend (the Pro Bowl does not count), we all wondered what Boomer & Carton would be talking about come Monday morning. Then, the Wilpons sent out a press release, and our worries were over.
It's hard to decipher all of the case (or cases) against the Wilpons, the Mets and all the related entities. Whether they like it or not, the Wilpons have a lot of explaining to do.
To the jaded and jilted Mets fan, the recent revelations about the Mets, Madoff, and money create a portal through which opulent and competent people will buy the team from the limping Wilpons. If only it were that easy.
Martin Luther King III has a "vision of a more diverse ownership group," although he insists his reported interest in purchasing a share of the Mets is "premature."
Don't tell Darryl Strawberry that the Mets have no chance this season. According to the former superstar, New York can contend in 2011.
The Mets are partially for sale - but Craigie wants to know who in their right mind would buy just 20-25% of the struggling franchise?
Martin Silver, who owners the Georgi vodka brand, said he wants to meet with Mets owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon to discuss buying a piece of their struggling franchise.
According to WFAN's and SI's Jon Heyman, the Mets and Citi Field will host the 2013 All-Star game.
Fred and Jeff Wilpon announced on Friday that the Mets are "looking at a number of potential options, including the addition of one or more strategic partners."
