Why Oh Why Wilpon Applesauce - Freddy opens his mouth, Mets get insulted, Familia gets praise

Why would you totally blow up Jose’s spot like that? And why go out of your way to say Beltran isn’t worth the money that YOU decided to pay him?

We clearly have the dumbest owners in baseball. It isn’t even close.

Work and all. :-)

But still, is anyone surprised that Wilpon runs things according to how Sal from Bay Ridge on the FAN wants it? I’ve long suspected he does this, and it’s also, I suspect, why the team has been a paragon of mediocrity since Nelson Doubleday left the picture. I’ll never forget that it was Doubleday who ordered the Piazza acquisition (arguably the greatest trade in Mets history, although Neil Allen for Keith Hernandez might be better) while Wilpon hesitated.

Was a defender of the guy until this. Please sell the team.

He doesn’t know when to shut his trap.

and the ending made me laugh….

In the game against the Astros, the Mets clawed back to a 3–3 tie, but the visitors added a run in the eighth. With the Mets down, 4–3, in the bottom of the ninth, Jose Reyes led off with a single, his fourth hit of the game. The crowd of remaining diehards—attendance was announced, generously, at 27,380—focussed on the Mets’ speedster dancing off first base.

To build a run and tie the game, the Mets would do one of two things: either Reyes would try to steal second base or Josh Thole, the Met catcher, would try to move him along with a sacrifice bunt. But which one? Wilpon didn’t need to consult a scorecard to review the options and give his view. "Jose has two stolen bases tonight already," he said. "And Thole throws right but hits lefty. With a lefty, it’s harder for the catcher to throw to second. I’d have him steal. We’ve had three blown bunts already tonight. I don’t like bunt here."

Thole squared to bunt, and Reyes dashed toward second. Thole’s jab at the ball resulted in a meek line drive toward the pitcher, who caught it and fired to first base for an easy double play. Wright flied to right field for the game’s final out. "Not a good ending," Wilpon said.

Screw you Fred. Go away. Sell the team and go away. It’s clear you don’t know shit about dick and have allowed your team to be run into the ground, and now you blame your three good players? fuck off

And I’m seriously re-thinking my commitment to this team knowing that this idiot is in charge. He sound like your typical nutball calling into the FAN.

Go to hell Freddy. And fuck you.

Obviously not the brightest guy on earth, but not this stupid either. People on the edge either rise to the occasion or fall. Wilpon’s empire is crumbling and he’s losing it.

was to show that Fred wasn’t invoolved in Madoff’s scheme, mission accomplished – because he’s now firmly on one side of the “either complicit or really dumb” question.

but you expect so much more from the owner. You can not run an organization like that. He is putting a hole is his own pocket.

Anyone else think Jose’s elbow is a little too close to Wilpon’s junk?

to get a better idea of where this guy was slanting this article towards.

Can’t help but get the impression some of these comments were printed out of context.

Be that as it may though, as owner of the NY Mets you ought to know better who you should and should not be making these type of comments to.

I hate to throw this out there because I’m a big proponent against age discrimination and all but you have to wonder if between his age and his isolation all these years as a ‘big player’ (as in constant ass kissing as owner of the NY Mets), if he’s starting to lose his edge. If this is truly the only serious adversity he’s ever faced, I’m not surprised he’s not handling this well. Sounds like all he ever touched turned to gold and he doesn’t really know how to handle a situation when it goes south.

NOW!

Yeah, Jose and David sure are going to feel good about the idea of staying now.

I was convinced for a few minutes that it was either a late April Fool’s joke, or someone had punked Toobin. I mean my god, how could any owner be so fucking stupid as to publicly insult his three most important players? Not only do his comments make it that much more difficult to trade Beltran, but also to re-sign Wright and Reyes, and also hamper efforts to sign FAs in the future? Who wants to play for a team where the owner calls you out in the press? Jesus Fred, how could you possibly be this goddamned stupid. The level of incompetence on display here is just staggering. Was a PR flack with him for this? What did he think these comments could possibly accomplish other than turning his last defenders against him?