Amazin' Avenue, a New York Mets community

Because we couldn't even get one day to celebrate the end of the Luis Castillo era, Picard's latest filing claims that Madoff made an interest-free $54 million bridge loan to the Wilpons in 2004. In their defense, the Wilpons' attorney claims the money was returned the next day, when other means of financing were secured.

New York Times article about Saul Katz

Here are some numbers from this New York Times article: * SNY is believed to make at least $260 million/year from subscriber revenue (ad revenue is not mentioned) * SNY nets about $120 million (Sterling Equity would get 67% of this) * SNY pays the Mets between $60-70 million/year If this is accurate, and I'm reading this correctly, then the New York Mets and Mets' ownership receive $140-150 million/year from SNY.

Steve Phillips talks about his years-long relationship with the Wilpons and opines about their involvement with Bernie Madoff. Also, note the bookshelf behind Phillips in this video. Among other things, he has a copy of The New Bill James New Historical Baseball Abstract.