Pay the man

This man. Pay this man his money. It’s not Carl Crawford money anymore, it’ll be Jose Reyes money (ripped from Peter Botte’s tweet). And he’ll deserve it.

He’s slashing .339/.389/.512/.899 –that’s average, OBP, SLG, OPS, in case you didn’t know.

He’s tied for the major league lead in hits, with 84.

He leads all of baseball in triples with 11. Second place has 6.

He’s only tied for 4th in the majors with 18 doubles.

Stolen bases, you ask? Tied for third, with 19.

Not enough walks for you? He’s 17th in MLB with a .389 OBP.

Pay this man his money.

He’s healthy. He’s in his prime. He’s killing opposing pitchers.

And he’s awesome.

Pay the man his money. Whatever it may be.

Open your checkbooks, Wilpon family. Sign whatever has the most zeroes on the end of it. Trot out more merchandise to fill your empty pockets. Do whatever you have to do.

Pay the man.

The Mets in South Park? [Audio]

Something went wacky with my MLB AtBat app and this is what the game sounded like…

Wayne Hagin never sounded so good.

Why I haven’t been posting much

Apologies for the lack of posts on TheRopolitans.com lately.

I’ve been plugging away making sure the 32 news sites we just launched in Westchester County, NY were ready to go live. If you happen to be a Westchester native, check out TheDailyWestchester.net, which will link you to one of our local news sites.

I’ll get back to the Mets soon enough.

Thanks for understanding!

Mets fan and author Dana Brand passes away

Sad news in the Mets-fan family today, as fan and author Dana Brand has passed away.

Above is a note from his wife on his Facebook page.

Brand was the author of The Last Days of Shea and Mets Fan.

Our thoughts are with Brand’s family.

Mets agree to sell part of team

The Mets have agreed to sell “less than 49 percent” of the Mets for $200 million, according to ESPNNewYork.com and the New York Daily News.

Update: Adam Rubin says the Mets have confirmed the sale.

The sale is to David Einhorn, an investor from Westchester County, NY. The sale does not include stake in SNY.

Never a dull moment in Mets-world, eh?

Gooden on Dykstra [Quote]

“Actually, Dykstra came to visit me on ‘Celebrity Rehab. I’ll tell you what, it was crazy. He thought that I had been hypnotized and (Dr. Drew) got me in there and was holding me hostage. He tried to come in with two guys to get me out of there.”

-Dwight Gooden on Lenny Dykstra
on WFAN’s Boomer & Carton Show

Oh, Nails…

Listen to me on 1010 WINS

Head over to this article and click play under “1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera reports: Wilpon Disses Top Players”

You’ll hear me.

Mets fans and bloggers react to Wilpon’s comments [Part 1]

Here’s what Mets fans, bloggers and writers are saying about Fred Wilpon’s comments…

But forget the George Steinbrenner comparison ... when did Fred Wilpon become Rachel Phelps?  It's like he wants attendance to fall so he can move to Cleveland ... or Brooklyn.

-Metstradamus

Whether you agree with that perspective is one thing, but hearing it from the primary source should at least provide better insight than the rampant speculation that pervades a story that will cloud Metsopotamia for quite a while to come.

-Amazin’ Avenue

Wilpon's going to be eviscerated for this whole business today, but we doubt there are many Mets fans who disagree with him, on any of this. Not that it'll matter.

-The Sports Page

Most everything he said, to me, in reading the context of which these comments were made, sounds more to me as one ‘frustrated’ Mets fans making candid comments about a club who — at the time– was in the midst of losing 11 of their last 13 games.

-Metszilla

With the reputation of both his family and franchise flagging, Wilpon spoils what is otherwise a pretty positive profile by serving up a heaping platter of bloody red meat for the New York tabloids and baseball blogosphere.

-Big League Stew

More responses from fans on Twitter a little later.

What do you think? Leave you comments below.

Fred Wilpon says things, makes Mets fans even angrier

Read this article. Go ahead. I’ll wait.

It’s a fascinating look at Fred Wilpon and the Madoff situation. Sandy Koufax even makes an appearance.

But Fred took the opportunity to opine on some of his players, which unless you’re George Steinbrenner, usually doesn’t work out.

Here are the juicy bits…

On David Wright: “A really good kid. A very good player. Not a superstar.”

On Jose Reyes: “He thinks he's going to get Carl Crawford money. He's had everything wrong with him. He won't get it.”

On Carlos Beltran: “He's 65 to 70 percent of what he was … We had one [person] in New York who paid him based on that one series.”

Because when you’re the owner of a team, it’s smart to take swipes at three of your top players, three of the fan’s favorites, three of the cornerstones of the team who have made sure the last few years weren’t worse than what they were.

Smooth move, Fred.

Go read the whole thing, please. Brilliant work by Jeffery Toobin.

Macho Man Randy Savage at a Mets game last spring training

Via BLS