“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…
Head over to this article and click play under “1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera reports: Wilpon Disses Top Players”
You’ll hear me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
More responses from fans on Twitter a little later.
What do you think? Leave you comments below.
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.
I censored the phone number Andy Martino
tweeted… because I’m not a jerk.
You may have seen the dog that sits outside Citi Field every home game with a Mets jersey on his furry back, glasses on his snout and a pipe in his mouth.
Well 1,400 animal lovers have joined a group on Facebook called “Stop Abusing Coffee” – which aims to get the dog’s owner to stop the “dirtbag of an owner” that “has abused this dog non stop for years & uses the dog to make money.”
What do you think about the pooch?
