Comments on: The Mets aren’t out of the financial wilderness just yet http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Tue, 21 May 2013 08:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bigjimatch http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347701 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:03:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347701 i have no personal interest in Wilpons owning the team, but they are not broke, they just have less of a fortune than they thought they had, and most of that is tied up in real estate they don’t want to sell until the market rebounds. also, they are not cheap either, before the recent cost cutting, they spent just as much as the top 2-5 teams (no one spends like the Yankees did), signing players like Bay to big contracts.

]]> By: bigjimatch http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347698 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:58:33 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347698 Selig works for the owners, the owners let a fellow owner lose his franchise just for financial difficulties (most know they could be in a similar situation). An owner has to publicaly crash and burn for the league to take action, like Mccord. Expos were sold to mlb so thier owner could buy the marlins – anothe example of the league accomodating its owners.

]]> By: greymares http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347548 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:47:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347548 obviously the Phillies won’t catch the Braves but they can still knock them out of the playoffs, AGAIN.

]]> By: foreverchipper10 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347469 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:42:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347469 Wait a minute……if their future is murky at best this article MUST be about the Phillies.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347347 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:27:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347347 You sure about that? Are you sure it isn’t the owners (or a committee of owners) that makes such decisions or recommendations?

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347343 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:27:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347343 The dodgers couldn’t pay their own bills and the divorce made public documents that showed the owners were using the team as a personal piggy bank. There is no evidence the Wilpon’s did that.

They did not seize the expos, they bought them from an owner that wanted to sell them.

]]> By: chill1184 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347337 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:24:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347337 MLB seized the Expos and the Dodgers there is a precedent for such to happen but it won’t.

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347333 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:23:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347333 No, but they have the ability to not make the emergency financing the owners needed to keep the team available.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347240 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:15:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347240 Yep, because baseball commissioners have the ability to force owners to sell.

]]> By: chill1184 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347181 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:56:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347181 Wilpon’s continued ownership is another stain on the Bud Selig error.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347165 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:33:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347165 Are there angels in the wilderness?
I don’t know.
I have my doubts…but if you say so…

Cowboy Junkies

]]> By: keithbangedyermom http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347144 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:08:54 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347144 All fans of any team care about is winning. Win and no one cares about the owner.

]]> By: kkolchak http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/15/the-mets-arent-out-of-the-financial-wilderness-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-347135 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:00:16 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=191205#comment-347135 “the Wilpons are no longer in danger of losing the team”

Sucks for Mets fans.

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