Steve Cohen Approval Thread

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[Benjamin Grimm]

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[kcmets]

Cut to Jeff sitting on his gold platted crapper seat thumbing through the taboilds

thinking, 'hmmmm, ya think maybe they didn't like us much...?'

[G-Fafif]

Steve on Twitter.

[A Boy Named Seo]

And then Steve went on to interact... with people... on twitter.

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: I hope this works. I'm not nearly as pro-Cohen as the room. HEWJ Republican donor in 2016, but mostly laid low this cycle. Inside trader. Let others take the fall for him.

If selling the team meant waiting for the ethical billionaire, we might have been left waiting for some time.



Earlier in this thread I laid out my three criteria for an owner. Cohen, more than any other possible candidate, is the most likely to hit all three. Our current owners were the least likely to hit any of them.



You never know how anything will play out. But upgrading to Steve Cohen from Jeff Wilpon in the owner's box is like upgrading to Carlos Beltran from Jeff Wilpon in centerfield.

[metsmarathon]

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You never know how anything will play out. But upgrading to Steve Cohen from Jeff Wilpon in the owner's box is like upgrading to Carlos Beltran from Jeff Wilpon in centerfield.

[vtmet7]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't think we like Cohen. We just like his money.

and I like that he and his family appear to be lifelong Mets fans that have beared witness to the Wilpon apparent meddling and incompetence.

[vtmet7]

don't know if it has been mentioned or not, but supposedly the votes against Cohen came from: White Sox (no surprise), D'Backs, Reds and Arte Moreno's Anaheim California Angels of Los Angeles

[nymr83]

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don't know if it has been mentioned or not, but supposedly the votes against Cohen came from: White Sox (no surprise), D'Backs, Reds and Arte Moreno's Anaheim California Angels of Los Angeles

[vtmet7]

don't know if it has been mentioned or not, but supposedly the votes against Cohen came from: White Sox (no surprise), D'Backs, Reds and Arte Moreno's Anaheim California Angels of Los Angeles Fuck them! FEAR THE METS NEW PAYROLL!

lol...hopefully we'll do better with spending big than Arte Moreno has with his Angels...Arte's spent a lot of money for the big ticket FA, without seeing it payoff in the getting to the playoff category...



4 of his players own about 70% of the Angels payroll:

Trout: ~$37 Mil;

Pujols: ~$30 Mil;

Rendon: ~$28 Mil;

Upton: ~$23 Mil;



https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/payroll/https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/los-angeles-angels/payroll/

[Frayed Knot]

It was no secret that Reinsdorf/ChiSox was trying to build a stop Cohen coalition but wasn't finding takers (or enough of them anyway).

Not sure if Reinsdorf was simply pro-ARod or if he had reason to be anti-Cohen as well ... or maybe some combo of the two.

Hadn't heard about the Snakes, Reds, and Halos or what their particular beefs may have been.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Post reports that the sale is expected to close on Monday.

[vtmet7]

Frayed Knot wrote: It was no secret that Reinsdorf/ChiSox was trying to build a stop Cohen coalition but wasn't finding takers (or enough of them anyway). Not sure if Reinsdorf was simply pro-ARod or if he had reason to be anti-Cohen as well ... or maybe some combo of the two. Hadn't heard about the Snakes, Reds, and Halos or what their particular beefs may have been.

supposedly Reinsdorf also worked against Cohen's pursuit of the LA Dodgers before Majic Johnson's group purchased them

[Benjamin Grimm]

Daily News says tomorrow might be the day.

[G-Fafif]

It's the day.

[Frayed Knot]

Numerous things to drink to tonight.

[MFS62]

It's the day. https://twitter.com/stevenacohen2/status/1324778722428420097?s=21https://twitter.com/stevenacohen2/status/1324778722428420097?s=21

And now open, for some REAL business.

Later

[G-Fafif]

SC's official statement:

STEVE COHEN STATEMENT FOLLOWING TODAY'S CLOSING OF THE METS SALE “This is a significant milestone in the history of this storied franchise. I want to thank everybody who helped make this happen. The 2021 season is right around the corner and we've got a lot of work to do, so I'm excited to get started. Let's go Mets!”

[nymr83]

Ryan Church would be safe here!



Cohen was asked on twitter (likely by depressed Jets fans) if he wanted to buy a football team too:



"Nope , I run clinics treating vets for PTSD and traumatic brain injury .I'm on the other side of the concussion/ football discussion"

[Edgy MD]

Point for Steve Cohen.

[G-Fafif]

Steve Cohen approval, indeed.

[Edgy MD]

Them's two terrible ideas.

[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: Them's two terrible ideas.

I like like Cohen's idea, its like a "Rub the Madoff Scandal in Wilpon's Face Day" cloaked in celebration of Bonilla

[Edgy MD]

Don't you think that sort of thing always bites you in the dick?



It's bad enough to have a troll in chief.

[G-Fafif]

Exorcise the woe-is-us demons. Make Bobby Bo lovable again. Or for the first time.



Alternatively, the fans can fling whatever leftover pretzels they didn't rain on the late Whitey Ford.

[Centerfield]

Steve Cohen walks out to home plate. Meets Bobby, shakes his hand, looks around for the oversized check. Sandy feigns surprise, looks over at Chernoff, who shrugs his shoulders. John Ricco starts making calls.



Steve Cohen waves his hands and shoos everyone away. He starts rummaging through his pockets and cobbles together $1M in crumpled up bills. Hands it over to Bobby Bo as the crowd roars

[MFS62]

I like like Cohen's idea, its like a "Rub the Madoff Scandal in Wilpon's Face Day" cloaked in celebration of Bonilla

And they could do it on a Banner Day, so every year fans could show their appreciation for how the Wilpons financially handled the team.

Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Exorcise the woe-is-us demons.

THIS.



"We're snakebitten, baby" The Fred Wilpon quote that still makes my blood boil

[MFS62]

=G-Fafif post_id=51077 time=1605875168 user_id=55]
Exorcise the woe-is-us demons. Make Bobby Bo lovable again. Or for the first time.