Doing it through the media is not the answer

It hurts me to say this, because I’ve always liked Fred Wilpon. I know in his heart how much he wants the Mets to succeed. He’s always lived and died with the team. But there comes a time when it’s no longer possible to be in charge. Fred doesn’t have enough money to make it work.

I never really disliked the Wilpons until recently. Relative to other owners, they did not appear to meddle too much with the GM and his staff and, most importantly, they were always willing to spend money when they had it.

Not currently signed, but someone who was here last year, signed by the Wilpons over a decade ago, had his first success with the A’s…that’s my guess, but who knows.

He’s always seen himself as an integral part of the Mets organization, and he might still do so. I think he’s expressed his disapproval in the Wilpons (who hasn’t?), and combine that with the obligatory YES Network Jeter knob-slobbing (they were teammates too) and his referral to the Mets as a great organization (they were already in contention when he showed up) and it’s fairly obvious to me. Even the tone seems right.

John Franco would shock me. After 15 years with the team I can’t imagine this working class, Brooklyn bred closer speaking well of the Yankees.

It’s Keith.

it’s feel like I was reading a WFAN caller rantIng.

An anonymous person with a possible Mets-related ax to grind?… I wonder Who it could be?

Not that anything said in the article hasn’t been said by a lot of people. But many of the things said, HoJo has tweeted about…feeling bad for the fans, that if he was X player he wouldn’t want to stay, not offering Reyes a contract, that the team is a long way away, its sad whats happened to the team, etc. The part about the coaches especially makes it seem HoJo-esque. I could see some players being upset about the lack of spending, but I don’t think many would care that much about the history of the Mets organization or the OF coach getting fired.

I don’t think Mookie getting fired is something that meshes with the rest of the article, nor do I think Mookie getting fired was a money/Wilpon thing. But HoJo was a coach who was let go and seemed bitter about it, I could see him raising a stink about Mookie as well…even though he probably knows nothing about the decision making process.

If not HoJo, then maybe its some other person with ties to Mets history…maybe either another ’86 Met or someone like Leiter (as someone else mentioned) who was a Mets fan. I think HoJo is most likely though

Asked about it on twitter he said “no it’s not me. If I write something I will put my name to it rest assured”

Of course if it was him, and he went through the trouble of writing an anonymous article…it would probably take more than just some questions on twitter for him to admit it was him. But who knows