Steve and Sandy Press Conference, November 10

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm not sure I'll be able to watch it live, but I expect someone here will.



Ken Davidoff in the Post has a list of questions that he'd like to ask: https://nypost.com/2020/11/09/the-key-mets-questions-facing-steve-cohen-and-sandy-alderson/The biggest questions facing Steve Cohen, Sandy Alderson

[kcmets]

Channel Guide says it's on SNY at 12:30 so I just set it to record for two hours

and hope for the best.

[G-Fafif]

Different voice from usual moderating the press call — I wonder if that's a harbinger.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sandy: Rojas will probably be back, but he wants to leave the door open in respect for whoever the GM will be.



Steve: He's not in this to make money. He's doing this to make Mets fans happy.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Everyone addressing him as "Steve" except, so far, for Anthony diComo, who called him "Mr. Cohen."

[G-Fafif]

Tony is very formal. Asks questions of Mr. deGrom, et al.

[G-Fafif]

Steve says he likes what the Dodgers are doing, and it's fine.

Fred clearly liked what the Dodgers had done, and he got grief.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Steve says he'll be somewhat disappointed if there's no World Series win in the next three to five years.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Steve says he'll be somewhat disappointed if there's no World Series win in the next three to five years.

That's ballsy.

[Benjamin Grimm]

During the summer, Sandy sent Steve "a memo".



I haven't seen a "memo" in almost thirty years!

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Mets will make sure they "have enough meat and potatoes, but they'll also shop in the gourmet section."

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sandy: There are two currencies in baseball: Players and money. If the Mets hold on to their players, they'll have to spend more money. And they're prepared to do that.

[Edgy MD]

Mets beat guys are noticeably young and living out of some pretty tight digs.

[Lefty Specialist]

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Steve says he likes what the Dodgers are doing, and it's fine.

Fred clearly liked what the 1955 Dodgers had done, and he got grief.

[G-Fafif]

SNY on live for more than two hours so far. They've never stayed live in a non-game situation this long without somebody having died.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sandy also said that the Mets would have teams in Syracuse, Binghamton, Brooklyn, and St. Lucie.



I had thought that Brooklyn was going to replace Binghamton in the Eastern League. So I'm not sure how this alignment is going to work.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Sandy also said that the Mets would have teams in Syracuse, Binghamton, Brooklyn, and St. Lucie. I had thought that Brooklyn was going to replace Binghamton in the Eastern League. So I'm not sure how this alignment is going to work.

Brooklyn to Low-A maybe, effectively replacing Columbia (SC) Fireflies?

It would still be a half-step up from NY-Penn Lg for Brooklyn but they wouldn't be all that close to any So Atl Lg teams.

Something doesn't seem right about that quartet. Bingo out and Columbia still in makes more sense.

[MFS62]

Maybe one would be an extended spring training type facility used for player development but not playing games in any league - like the extended roster camps this year.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

Extended ST is in St Lucie and it will certainly stay there.

The overall ML plan is to cut down from the norm of six affiliated teams per franchise down to four, but all of those four would be part of established leagues.

A plan floated more than once had the demise of Binghamton with Brooklyn slated to take its place in the AA Eastern League. Maybe that's changed, but

there doesn't seem to be another logical spot for Brooklyn to wind up nor is there a logical candidate among the four listed to fill a slot in either of the two

Low-A leagues, the Sally or Midwest.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I thought it was speculated somewhere that Brooklyn could be AA and Bingo would busted down to low A

[Benjamin Grimm]

I suppose Binghamton could go to the New York-Penn league, but I don't know that that league is going to survive either.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, the whole point was for them to phase out those low-level/short-season leagues like the NYP.



The closest Sally Lg teams to either Bingo or Brooklyn are Lakewood NJ, Hagerstown MD, and Delmarva which is in I believe Dover DE, so I suppose it's possible

for them to include either/or, although much of the rest of that circuit is in the Carolinas and Georgia, much further than most Low-A teams usually travel.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I'm watching the replay of this conference and I've splooged about a dozen times.



I don't necessarily believe everything I hear but the idea of this message being delivered -- by the Mets -- is almost unimaginable.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Sherman knocks it out of the park here, acknowledging the low bar they exceeded, but also holding them accountable to their words. https://nypost.com/2020/11/10/steve-cohen-wows-mets-rival-in-stunning-press-conference-sherman/https://nypost.com/2020/11/10/steve-cohen-wows-mets-rival-in-stunning-press-conference-sherman/

[kcmets]

Been watching a little at a time, it's kinda surreal!?!



Old-timers Day!!

[nymr83]

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Been watching a little at a time, it's kinda surreal!?!



Old-timers Day!!

[kcmets]

I might be off a word or two but I like this carefully chosen choice of words

regarding where and how Sandy can shop. "We now can emphasize the ac-

quisition rather than the cost."



And Bingo was his name name-o...

[MFS62]

Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!

I want one:

https://www.amazinavenue.com/shirts/2020/11/12/21562197/steve-cohen-banner-shirt-available-at-breakingt-mets-t-shirt-world-series-ownershiphttps://www.amazinavenue.com/shirts/2020/11/12/21562197/steve-cohen-banner-shirt-available-at-breakingt-mets-t-shirt-world-series-ownership

Can I have one, PLEEEEEZE?



Later

[kcmets]

I am very pleased with the change of ownership.



I would not wear that tee shirt and would be embarrassed being seen with

someone wearing one.

[Frayed Knot]

Agreed.

And can we at least wait to see how he'll own the team, who he'll choose to run the team, and what the

results of him running the team will be before we start worshipping just the simple fact that he owns it?