From WSJ.. His civic side showed in 2005, industry participants say, when New York City officials had to scramble to come up with a new stadium proposal for an Olympic bid after a West Side stadium plan flopped. Within days, Mr. Wilpon and city officials had worked out a plan for a proposed Olympic stadium in Queens based on a design that would have temporarily expanded the Mets' new stadium and displaced the team for nearly a month in the middle of a season. While Mr. Wilpon did ultimately receive access to tax-free financing for the stadium, he was lauded for never threatening to move the team out of the city during negotiations....
Too early to tell.. At this point I only question his durability.. I now picture the trade providing us us Syndegaard to fill in for Wheeler in 2014 and Wheeler for Harvey...
G-Fafif wrote: The hosts: Eric Young Jr., lf Juan Lagares, rf Daniel Murphy, 2b Lucas Duda, 1b Josh Satin, 3b Matt den Dekker, cf Travis d'Arnaud, c Ruben Tejada, ss Zack Wheeler, rhp Its the the Vegas 51's!!!!!
Vic Sage wrote: "It's not about credit, it's about doing the right thing... so give us some credit for that, damn it!" OK, Bobby, even if its true (and it might well be), complaining about this now makes you look really bad. This...
Edgy MD wrote: i just like the notion of Lonn F. Trost saying "I am close with some entity." Close Encounters of the creepy kind.... I will not miss WFAN...
Edgy MD wrote: Chance of these guys being in the opening day lineup next year. Young, Jr. - LF 37% Murphy - 2B 61% Brown - RF 19% Duda - 1B 40% Turner - SS 16% Lagares - CF 63% Flores - 3B 49% d'Arnaud - C 79% Torres - P 1% Young Jr. 28% Murphy 50% Brown 2% Duda 25% Turner 2% Lagares 80% Flores 35% D'Arnaud 85% Torres .00001 %
So Medgal will not be happy unless the Mets make a serious run at these two expensive imports? Who gives a poop what he wants....Put him back in his bomb shelter....