Here are a few items of note coming out of Mets camp on Friday night …
- GM Sandy Alderson and manager Terry Collins admitted that Mets fans' disdain for Luis Castillo factored into the team's decision to release the embattled second baseman earlier today, writes Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com. Collins implied that even if Castillo had played well, fans would have been hard on him at his first sign of struggles. Here are the early reports on where Castillo might and might not land.
- There is "decent interest" in buying a minority stake in the Mets, tweets Jon Heyman of SI.com, but the potential partners are apparently insisting on including a clause that would make the team theirs should the Wilpons not be able to afford running the team anymore. This would seem to indicate that the cash from a minority partner might not necessarily solve all the Wilpons' financial troubles.
- The trustee trying to recover funds from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme in a lawsuit against Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz is now seeking a total of more than $1 billion, writes Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. The previous amount sought by the trustee wasn't far short of $1 billion, so, either way, it's a lot of money. If the Mets' owners lose and have to pay, it could be crippling to their chances of retaining the team, depending on how much they are forced to pay, of course.
I feel like Picard is starting to realize he actually doesn’t have a case at all.
Picard has saved millions of Federation lives. We owe him all.
I agree but why cant Captain Picard stick with Star trek leave the Mets alone already.
Because the Borg must be stopped at all costs.
The man just can’t help himself: “resistance is futile!” :p
“Picard has saved millions of Federation lives.”
Picard is actually going to save millions at some point in the distant future.
(A dark future where they never talk about or play baseball…)
Who else must repay the funds they made from Madoff?
NVM, got it.
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