FRED WILPON RUMORS & GOSSIP
Wilpon Joins Alderson In Painting A Better Tomorrow, But I Need More Than Just Talk
Fred Wilpon spoke with Steven Marcus of Newsday on Monday and said he is confident in Sandy Alderson’s plan for the Mets. The Mets owner added that things will improve now that the big unproductive contracts are coming off the books.
“We’re coming to the end of the time when we have had an overhang of players who got hurt or didn’t play well, and I think that Sandy Alderson...
Mets News: Fred Wilpon on Mets Losing, "I suffer with it"
Fred Wilpon, speaking with Newsday on Monday, said he is confident in Sandy Alderson's plan for the Mets. The 76-year-old principal owner added that things should improve as big salary outlays come off the books.
"We're coming to the end of the time when we have had an overhang of players who got hurt or didn't play well, and I think that Sandy Alderson and his...
Fred Wilpon Believes In Sandy Alderson
Fred Wilpon spoke with Steven Marcus of Newsday on Monday and said he is confident in Sandy Alderson’s plan for the Mets. The Mets owner added that things will improve now that the big unproductive contracts are coming off the books.
“We’re coming to the end of the time when we have had an overhang of players who got hurt or didn’t play well, and I think that Sandy Alderson...
Sandy Alderson Out After 2014?
Today, MetsBlog’s Matthew Cerrone reported that if the Wilpons do not allow him to spend and the organization does not make major improvements to the major league club this offseason, Mets GM Sandy Alderson will not return after the 2014 season when his contract expires. This is major news for the Mets because Sandy Alderson feels that this team is ready to move into a playoff...
Matt Cerrone Reports Alderson Will Step Down After 2014 If Wilpons Don’t Let Him Spend
MetsBlog’s Matt Cerrone has learned that unless the Mets let Sandy Alderson spend money to improve the team this coming offseason, he will resign as general manager of the team after 2014.
Sandy Alderson wants to significantly move this franchise forward in the next year or so. And, if it doesn’t happen, or if he isn’t allowed to spend a good portion of new money coming off...
Report: Don't Expect Mets to be Big Time Spenders anytime soon..
New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon recently told ESPN that he and his partner, Saul Katz, no longer have any personal debt. But don’t expect the New York Mets to begin spending like a big-market team any time soon.
According to a report by Forbes magazine's Mike Ozanian, the baseball team and the regional sports network of which it owns 65%, SportsNet New York, have over $1 billion...
The business of Mets baseball Part I – Wilpon history
The minor league players have left the clubhouses and the major league season is heading towards the playoffs. There’s plenty of coverage here from the other writers regarding what will go on in October, so I’m going to move down to the end of the dugout and revisit a subject I wrote in length about on my old blog.
It’s important for every fan to fully understand the current...
Madoff case settled and Fred Wilpon gets new nickname
So it’s finally over. Mets owner Fred “Wimpy” Wilpon will gladly pay Tuesday if you give him a hamburger today. But in this case “Tuesday” is three years from now and “hamburger” is the big business known as the New York Mets.
The Madoff clawback suit is settled with the Mets on the hook for $162 million but with the money not payable until three years from now. ...
MMO Fan Shot: Is The Tide Shifting For Fred Wilpon?
If you had asked me twelve months ago if the Wilpons should sell the Mets, I’d have been pretty emphatic in my support. In the six months that followed, new reports surfaced describing the debt the Mets were in and it seemed that number grew by $100 million from each report to the next. The most recent tally has it in the ballpark of $450 million. In the six months since then...
Fred Wilpon Requests That You To Give His Team "A Try"
The forecast for this upcoming season is a dreary one for the New York Mets, but that hasn't stopped Mets' owner Fred Wilpon from providing his two cents to the Mets' fanbase. Yes, in his first really public comments since calling his own team snake bitten and criticizing the value of his now departed leadoff man, Mr. Wilpon had the following to say:"I think we...
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