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Mets Hire Turnaround Consultants, Put Bankruptcy On Table?
A source familiar with the situation has said that the Mets have hired CRG Partners — the turnaround consultants that handled the Rangers' bankruptcy sale — and that a team sale with or without bankruptcy is on the table. The Mets have confirmed the hiring, stating that they have...
A Bridge Loan Too Far
I don't believe the news that the Mets have sought--and received--another loan from MLB should be all that shocking. But this, combined with the recent loss of Jose Reyes to the free spending Marlins (another team with dubious finances), set off many fans' You Gotta Be Effin' Kidding Me...
Who Can You Blame For Jose Reyes's Departure?
Jose Reyes is gone and Mets fans are angry. Some of you might be angry at no one in particular, but that's crazy! Direct your rage at someone and open fire with bullets of apoplexy! So who can we blame for this mess? Fred Wilpon et al. Grr, the owners. You hate them! The Mets have been mostly...
The Case for Bobby V
The Red Sox' offseason has been a turbulent one, as befits a team that committed one of the worst regular season collapses in baseball history. (Nearly as bad as...well, never mind.) Their curiously torturous managerial search is the latest example. You'd think there'd be no shortage of candidates...
Comparing The Mets' And Braves' Collapse Apology E-Mails
Talking Chop posted the e-mail that Braves President John Schuerholz sent to fans following their Metsian collapse in September this season. It reminded of the e-mail the Mets sent out after Game 162 in 2007. Here is a comparison of the two messages. First up is the Mets' message, which I've dug...
David Einhorn Reacts To Dissolution Of Potential Mets Ownership Deal
David Einhorn has issued a statement regarding his now-dead deal to buy part of the Mets: "I am disappointed to announce that I will not be purchasing an ownership interest in the New York Mets baseball team at this time. It is clear that it will not be possible for me to consummate the...
Mets Deal With David Einhorn Is Dead
According to Richard Sandomir from the New York Times, the long-discussed and much-ballyhooed deal between the Mets' ownership group and hedge fund prodigy David Einhorn has fallen apart completely. What appeared to be a done deal a few months ago wound up taking far longer than expected, and now...
David Einhorn: Manchurian Candidate?
Two weeks ago, when David Einhorn was first unveiled as the Mets' potential minority investor, it was generally regarded as a good thing. Einhorn appears to be a baseball fan and rooted for the Mets in his youth in New Jersey. He is relatively young man who made his bones in hedge funds, a business...
David Einhorn, Mets "Minority" Partner
Earlier today, it was revealed that the Mets had officially picked a suitor to be a minority partner, and his name is David Einhorn. The 43-year-old hedge fund manager was already in the news on Wednesday when he made waves at an investor's conference in New York by calling for the ouster of...
A Few More Words on Wilpon with The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin
After allowing the initial shock to subside from Jeffrey Toobin's article in this week's edition of The New Yorker regarding the Wilpons and the collateral damage from the Madoff scandal, I found myself asking a lot of questions. I wasn't necessarily asking questions like, "When will we trade Jose...
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