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The Glass Metsagerie

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Don't forget to look over the Glass Metsagerie during your visit.A Spring evening settles in over a quaint, informal apartment in Queens. The apartment's de-facto elder, Jeff Wilpon, feverishly finalizes last minute-preparations at the dinner table before the guest of ...

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News: Bengie Molina signs with Giants

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Published Jan. 19, 2010 at 6:20 p.m.

Chris Carlin on SNY’s Loud Mouths said the Mets refused to guarantee a second year on his deal, since he is 35 years old, and so Molina chose to sign with the Giants.…well, good for Omar Minaya, or Jeff Wilpon, or Wayne Krivsy, or whomever is handling contract negotiations for the Mets these days… seriously, [ ... ] ...

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Harper: Omar gets bat but strikes out on pitchers

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Published Dec. 29, 2009 at 9:30 p.m.

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So this was a good day for Omar Minaya and Fred and Jeff Wilpon. But you can't fool the fans here. They look at that starting rotation and see the potential for fourth place in the NL East as easily as they see hope for a wild-card berth ...

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Helping Dave Howard Hear the Outrage

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Published Nov. 12, 2009 at 11:10 a.m.

Today the New York Post has a brief item about Mets fans who were expecting a 10% cut in ticket prices, but are seeing reductions that are basically a rounding error. Bart Hubbach and Jeremy Olshan quote the ever-reliable Dave Howard, who defends the apparent discrepancy as follows: "It's very consistent with what we said in the beginning. Obviously, the 'average' means there is some higher and some lower, but the average is 10 percent. We haven't heard outrage about this." ... To help Dave

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Elimination Day Has Been Postponed

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Published Nov. 5, 2009 at 2:02 a.m.

Mike Burke was president of New York's American League entry in 1969. When its National League counterpart clinched its first division title, he sent this telegram to M. Donald Grant: ... Congratulations on being number one. Am rooting for you to hang in there and take all the marbles. As a New Yorker I am ecstatic, as a baseball person I am extremely pleased, and as a Yankee I consider suicide the easy option ... I feel no joy for anyone right now and I feel no sympathy for anyone right now. I

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Mets May Be Sued Over Madoff Profit

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Published Oct. 21, 2009 at 9:44 a.m.

Remember last winter when Jeff Wilpon said that Sterling Equities’ accounts with Bernie Madoff wouldn’t affect team operations? Remember how we all scoffed at the remark? Turns out Jeff was right!According to a report on Bloomberg Sterling Equities actually made money from Madoff ... Apparently the Mets widthdrew $570.5 million from their Madoff [ ... ] ...

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Money For Nothing: Position Players

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Published Oct. 20, 2009 at 1:37 p.m.

Two weeks ago, during the “It Was All Luis Alicea’s Fault” Media Tour, Jeff Wilpon committed to a 2010 payroll in line with the $147M the team spent this season. To that, the average baseball fan says, “Mets fans are lucky! Their owners are willing to spend top dollar on talent.” At the surface, there’s [ ... ] ...

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Mets: Who’s the Boss?

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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 1:05 p.m.

If we’ve learned nothing else from the 2009 season, we learned that the Mets have no clear plan, a lack integrity, and operate under questionable leadership. That last issue has become even more muddied, if we are to believe Peter Gammons — who stated on the Michael Kay Show that Jeff Wilpon is the real [ ... ] ...

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The First Year of Citi

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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 9:14 p.m.

Not far from here, Citi Field sits empty, as we’ve known it would for months now. The team that calls it home had the kind of year that makes you want to sleep with the light on. The people who run the baseball operations had a worse one ... Given that, it’s a bit complicated answering what should be a simple question: How was Citi Field’s first year? ... For example, we don’t really know what Citi Field feels like with a huge, revved-up crowd making noise inside it. The Mets’

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