Okay, there is no way this is Sandy Alderson

Will have to drive carefully on trip; Mets only reimburse for gas at a downhill rate. Will try to coast all the way to FL.

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That tweet may have sealed the deal.

No way Sandy actually tweets that without repercussion from the Wilpons.

If it is not him, which it does not appear to be, could the MSM and the Mets be conspiring against Sandy in order to get him fired?

It was supposedly verified by those two sources.

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by TKFJ on Feb 12, 2012 7:57 PM EST reply actions

Well, he could have asked permission first.

Cause that might be the funniest one. I really really really hope this is him.

by Evan_S on Feb 12, 2012 8:03 PM EST up reply actions

I hope it is too.

But he is treading a fine line if it is him. It does not bother myself, but we have a sensitive fanbase.

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by TKFJ on Feb 12, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions

It's like he's trolling the Pomes' and the Bayonne Mets Fans

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 12, 2012 8:10 PM EST up reply actions

That would be awesome.

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by TKFJ on Feb 12, 2012 8:13 PM EST up reply actions

Reading the below, apparently he is trolling everyone

Lol

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 12, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions

That's what makes it so funny

It’s all allegory. He knows what he’s referring to, we know what he’s referring to, as does the media, but can they prove that he isn’t just making jokes about high gas prices?

Maybe this isn’t really him, and there’s a conspiracy to get him axed. Maybe he tweets this having inside knowledge that the Wilpons are on the way out the door, or conversely, maybe this is just an organization-wide troll job of the Mets twitter fanbase.

Either way, what makes this so entertaining is that it allows the reader to form conclusions on their own. Maybe they’re hoping Howard Megdal can try the same and get his creds back.

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by piazza62 on Feb 12, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions

The best part is they can't really fire him

If it’s true that Selig pushed for Alderson in order for the Wilpons to keep the team, firing him would possibly force Selig to axe them. Tweet away, Sandy!!

by ZZPops on Feb 13, 2012 9:26 AM EST up reply actions

Unless either Alderson or the NY Times is just straight up lying then yes it is him

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Twitter is full of fake, unverified accounts, and many on the network questioned whether Alderson was behind the message. He was. Alderson said he had been amused to see another innocuous factoid — his revelation that he would be driving to Florida for spring training — joked about, dissected and in some cases seriously analyzed by some on Twitter and on blogs as a reflection of the Mets’ finances. So someone in his office suggested he create a Twitter account to respond, Alderson said, and he thought, "Why not?" "We wanted to play off the absurdity of it," Alderson said. "Everything we do is viewed through the prism of our perceived financial situation."

by joma16 on Feb 12, 2012 8:13 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

Ah ha.

Never mind the conspiracy.

This dude is awesome.

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by TKFJ on Feb 12, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions

"Everything we do is viewed through the prism of our perceived financial situation."

I’d like to see how the MSM can try to spin that around.

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by piazza62 on Feb 12, 2012 8:38 PM EST up reply actions

When Werth signed he said to the press "I thought they were trying to reduce the deficit in DC"

So, he already had that in him. At some point SNL is going to make him a call or something.

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by Michkin on Feb 12, 2012 9:02 PM EST up reply actions

A contemporary episode of SNL I'd actually watch!

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 12, 2012 11:13 PM EST up reply actions

I know right?

They should fire all their writers and hire Sandy. I laughed more at his jokes these last few days than SNL in the last 10 years!

by Evan_S on Feb 12, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions

Jeez, you guys didn't even chuckle at Tina Fey's Sarah Palin? that wasn't bad

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by Terry_is_God on Feb 13, 2012 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

I love Tina Fey

And her Sarah Palin impression is great, but if you’re going all the way back to 2008 as a reference point for funny moments on that show, doesn’t that say something about it’s quality?

by Evan_S on Feb 13, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions

The only time I went out of my way to watch SNL (so basically the only time I watched)

was when Galifianakis was on.

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by Ogre39666 on Feb 13, 2012 6:20 PM EST up reply actions

Indeed

But your figure was ‘the last 10 years’, so I leaped to her defense

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by Terry_is_God on Feb 13, 2012 8:40 PM EST up reply actions

If I wanna see Tina Fey being funny, I turn into 30 Rock

by Evan_S on Feb 13, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions

always a good decision

Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?

by KeithsMoustache on Feb 14, 2012 12:26 AM EST up reply actions

Wow

We have the coollest GM EVAAAz

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by Dandy Salderson on Feb 13, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions

Wonderous

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by SuperSantana on Feb 12, 2012 8:31 PM EST reply actions