Mets near record-setting fire sale

The Mets are looking like they're going to be an eastern version of the A's this year.

Even Seinfeld has ditched this team

Even Seinfeld has ditched this team

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Originally posted 09:14 AM ET  01.27 by Flea Biscuit

Even Seinfeld has ditched this team

And is now a Yankees fan

Just trade David Wright and make the whole thing complete. Why subject him to a season of futility?

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Originally posted 09:37 AM ET  01.27 by J. HOVA

Just trade David Wright and make the whole thing complete. Why subject him to a season of futility?

Better done at the deadline - packaged with Santana (once healthy) to a contender.

As a Met fan this pians me. This is a direct result of Minaya and the Wilpons. God how I wish I had a time machine. Go back and never have either of these entities anywhere near Flushing Meadows.

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Originally posted 09:37 AM ET  01.27 by J. HOVA

Just trade David Wright and make the whole thing complete. Why subject him to a season of futility?

Because the nitwit fans who somehow thing David Wright is destined for the HOF would set fire to the salvage yards.

In my opinion (which is all the really matters), they should take Santana, Wright, Bay, and bring back Kevin McReynolds....take them behind the home run apple and toss them into an industrial strength wood chipper... THEN they'd get value out of them by selling them off as chum.

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Originally posted 09:53 AM ET  01.27 by minarets86

As a Met fan this pians me. This is a direct result of Minaya and the Wilpons. God how I wish I had a time machine. Go back and never have either of these entities anywhere near Flushing Meadows.

I realize Minaya made numerous terrible personnel moves, but isn't the real culprit in this the Wilpons due to the their financial fallout from investing Madoff? Strange thing is if the SEC overlooked what Madoff was doing for many years how is one family investing with Madoff supposed to know the books were being cooked?

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Originally posted 10:00 AM ET  01.27 by Field Marshall Sunny Day

Because the nitwit fans who somehow thing David Wright is destined for the HOF would set fire to the salvage yards. In my opinion (which is all the really matters), they should take Santana, Wright, Bay, and bring back Kevin McReynolds....take them behind the home run apple and toss them into an industrial strength wood chipper... THEN they'd get value out of them by selling them off as chum.

I must have missed the headline where chum prices have gone through the roof...

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Originally posted 10:00 AM ET  01.27 by Field Marshall Sunny Day

Because the nitwit fans who somehow thing David Wright is destined for the HOF would set fire to the salvage yards. In my opinion (which is all the really matters), they should take Santana, Wright, Bay, and bring back Kevin McReynolds....take them behind the home run apple and toss them into an industrial strength wood chipper... THEN they'd get value out of them by selling them off as chum.

This makes sense to me.

Of course you lost $70 million. You think fans are going to come watch minor leaguers play and pay all that money. Spend money and fans will pack that stadium. Unfortunately our owner is a crook and made money off of the Bernie Madoff scheme. Now he's scared of how much he's going to lose in the lawsuit against him for being a crook. This team should be taken away from him and he should be in prison.

Sell the Team! I speak for all Mets fans here. Please, sell the team!

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Originally posted 09:53 AM ET  01.27 by minarets86

As a Met fan this pians me. This is a direct result of Minaya and the Wilpons. God how I wish I had a time machine. Go back and never have either of these entities anywhere near Flushing Meadows.

This isn't on Minaya. He made some poor decisions (Luis Castillo extension, Oliver Perez, Jason Bay, among many others) .. but the financial situation with the Mets is all on the Wilpons. It's not going to get any better either. They're broke, lawsuits are being filed left and right against them, it's ugly.

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Originally posted 10:00 AM ET  01.27 by Field Marshall Sunny Day

Because the nitwit fans who somehow thing David Wright is destined for the HOF would set fire to the salvage yards. In my opinion (which is all the really matters), they should take Santana, Wright, Bay, and bring back Kevin McReynolds....take them behind the home run apple and toss them into an industrial strength wood chipper... THEN they'd get value out of them by selling them off as chum.

I think Bay may be the worst player in baseball on a value/dollar basis. He is so bad. He actually never was really a great ballplayer. Too bad Minaya thought so. Horrible horrible signing and I said it the day he was signed. Holliday would have been the smarter, safer bet.