I guess that is ironic that just before the whole Frankie Rodriguez thumb injury story broke, my tweeps and I ( I guess thats grammatically correct) were shooting off quotes from the “Rocky” movies. But in between my spouting lines of a fictional Philadelphia icon I was asking Mets beat writers Steve Popper of the Bergen Record and Kevin Kernan of the New York Post about their opinions of Omar Minaya’s future with the Mets.
Kevin Kernan believes that Jerry Manuel will definitely be gone come seasons end, and that Omar will be reassigned within the organization. When I asked him if he thought that the Mets would name John Ricco – aka Al Harazin Jr as his successor or go out of the organization to bring in a Kevin Towers or The Texas Rangers G.M John Daniels. Kernan only responded that he didn’t think so . So I guess take it as you will.
Steve Popper a little less subtle when I posed the same question to him. “ I would bet – no money in budget for players, much less G.M.”
So there you have it , two respected journalists in the know when it comes to the Mets with two different opinions. So what does this mean? Well in my own opinion I have to agree with Kernan, I believe – especially now in the wake of this current fiasco with K-ROD that Omar will be under even more scrutiny. If the Mets can’t get Rodriguez’s contract voided Omar will face alot of blow back from the media, the fan base as well as ownership. K-ROD is owed a whole lotta moolah next year and if he reaches the easily attainable incentive that Omar agreed to in that over inflated three year contract that will guarantee him a fourth year at another 17 million, well I think nobody in Metsville – except maybe Mr. Rodriguez will not be happy.I feel Omar will stay in the organization in some capacity until the balance of his contract expires, but I think it would be a mistake to make Ricco his replacement. Ricco like former Mets G.M., Al Harazin is a bean counter who sole concern is the bottom line. I don’t know Ricco from Adam but I am not sure that he is – or can be creative enough to be a respected G.M. The Mets are going through a time where the are perceived as having no credibility, and promoting Ricco would reinforce that. I honestly feel that this team should go after A John Daniels – who has a escape clause in his Rangers contract, or Towers who is working as a consultant for the Yankees since leaving the San Diego Padres in ’08. All I know is that this team for the second straight season has slipped into obscurity, and ownership has to take preventive measures to make sure that this doesn’t ever happen again !!
” The end is near ?!?”
And with that said…. HERE COMES THE INFAMY !!!!!
Birthday wishes go out to possibly the most overlooked closer in Mets history, Skip Lockwood (1946) .
New York Mets traded back up catcher,Tom Wilson to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league catcher,Tony Socarras on August 17, 2004.
New York Mets traded utility infielder,Anderson Hernandez to the Washington Nationals for middle reliever, Luis Ayala on August 17, 2008. Ayala was supposed to be the answer to the leaky pen of ’08 , and he started out strong for the Mets. But as we all know he as well as the rest of the bullpen that year became largely ineffective by September.
And if you are in the Houston City Limits be warned – Mo Vaughn ate his weight in re-fried beans and chimichangas last night while watching the Mets beat the Houston Astros by the score of 3-1.
83 comments
kingman 26
8/17/2010-9:01am at 9:01 am (UTC -4)
I am officially a Nabob when it comes to money at this point. I think the team sees the KRod situation as a beautiful chance to save money, and I think a bean counter as GM is precisely what they would want.
I truly hope I am wrong, but the team has done nothing more than spend a couple of million here and there (or less) since the Bay signing, and based on lowered attendance and the Wilpons’ complete absence (just like last year) during this horror show of a season 2.0, there is really absolutely nothing here to suggest that they are going to spend diddly in relative terms to make this team significantly better.
Niese and Dickey and Pelf, in a way, are truly the crux of the team’s hopes for 2010 if I am right.
And I am not really sure that being rid of KRod is going to be a blessing, unless Parnell is ready to be closer.
Go on Mets, prove me wrong!
rustyjr
8/17/2010-9:12am at 9:12 am (UTC -4)
unfortunately I believe you are spot on kong , I think that there is a financial motive ( see the billy wagner/ livan hernandez dumps of last season) behind this – and it wouldn’t surprise me if they trimed payroll by another 10 million – i hope we are both wrong – but it seems increasingly evident that the desire to make money is overriding their desire to win – i wonder if mr met will be riding mettie 2 next season
kingman 26
8/17/2010-9:35am at 9:35 am (UTC -4)
Yeah, and one thing some of the real eternal optimists do not consider is that, especially now that they own the TV network, the Wilpons will make money virtually regardless of the team’s W-L record. I think I have heard that even with lower attendance, TV ratings are good, which means ad revenue will be good next year.
So obviously while they prefer a full stadium, they don’t need it, and to take it one step further, building Citi with 10,000 less seats than Shea had clearly shows–no matter what anyone says to the contrary–that overall attendance is most definitely not the prime concern. Corporate customers in the boxes/suites/fancy restaurants and TV ratings are.
And they WILL have corporate customers and TV ratings no matter what.
And if the Wilpons were really hugely concerned with the goings-on, wouldn’t they be around, making appearances, saying or doing SOMETHING??
I love the team and will always love them, but unless Ike drastically improves, and Reyes/Wright/Beltran are back to their best AND we have huge bullpen improvement, we are looking at .500 for the next couple of years.
saltygary
8/17/2010-9:41am at 9:41 am (UTC -4)
I agree that its probably the teams goal to trim payroll even more but they are starting at 120m next year and still need to sign 4 SP a full bullpen not named KROD a RF and bench pieces.
It will interesting offseason to say the least and I don’t know what the team can do to get the fan base happy. The relief of firing managers and coaches will fade after the first pitch of next season.
saltygary
8/17/2010-9:34am at 9:34 am (UTC -4)
Correction “Horror show of a season 4.0″
kingman 26
8/17/2010-9:36am at 9:36 am (UTC -4)
Well, maybe, but in all sincerity, to me at least, 2007 and 2008 were infinitely preferable to 2009 and 2010.
As someone said during last night’s game, those two years now seem like the “good old days.”
saltygary
8/17/2010-9:46am at 9:46 am (UTC -4)
For ma as a fan since ’85 these are my top 3 worst seasons:
’07
’08
’92
07 was just tre craziest thing I’ve ever seen. It felt like someone het me over the head with a 2×4. From behind my back. While sleeping.
08 I was pratically in tears watching them close Shea. It was just a surreal and fitting scene.
92 was the ultimate “on paper” team. That pitching staff along with Bonilla coming on should of could of.
saltygary
8/17/2010-9:48am at 9:48 am (UTC -4)
’88 playoff series really sucked hard too…
kingman 26
8/17/2010-10:01am at 10:01 am (UTC -4)
For me, as a fan since 1973 (YIKES!) the worst season, without question, was 1993.
I was so very disgusted with the Coleman/Saberhagen/Bonilla/Murray 100 loss Mets that year, that I actually was following the Braves-Giants race and the newly decent Yankees. But I recovered quickly.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-9:56am at 9:56 am (UTC -4)
I’m on that J. Daniels bandwagon….
As far as KRod…not excusing what he did but hey, the Mets offered him that contract and he took it. I get the impression that some Met fans are somehow blaming KRod for that contract. That’s not on KRod, anyone else in their right mind would not have turned that down. That vested option and/or now realizing they might have overpaid, is all on the Mets FO. Using this latest incident and riding on Met fans sentiment over the whole thing – as leverage to back out of it, is just one more reason I feel this FO has no credibility.
It’s just sounds like it’s all about the money, and nothing but the money.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-9:59am at 9:59 am (UTC -4)
the option is really not a problem. once he gets to about 50 games finished next season he will either be traded or benched so the option wont get picked up.
njstuckintx
8/17/2010-10:01am at 10:01 am (UTC -4)
The union would crucify people if he was benched so his option wasn’t picked up.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-10:07am at 10:07 am (UTC -4)
well when i mean benched, i mean make him the 8th inning guy instead of the 9th. that way he doesnt finish enough games to qualify.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-10:12am at 10:12 am (UTC -4)
Even this should not be acceptable. KRod aside, any player who signs a contract in good faith should expect their employer to honor it.
If any closer went out there night after night doing his job and the organization made attempts to do something underhanded like this, the organization should be sanctioned.
If KRod wasn’t getting the job done in the 9th and you had to try another route, then so be it. If this is what’s in the back of their minds, they should try everything they can to try and trade him.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-10:19am at 10:19 am (UTC -4)
And I should add in no way am I condoning what KRod did. If KRod violated the terms of his contract and the Mets have a recourse in dealing with him, then fine. They’re well within their rights to do so. Pay the piper sort of thing.
However, if they cannot void the contract due to KRod’s poor behavior then they should honor it, not do something underhanded like ‘benching’ him to make sure he doesn’t reach his option.
TRS86
8/17/2010-10:48am at 10:48 am (UTC -4)
And honestly it seems strange to try and void the contract either. What I would do is work out a deal with Krod that he does not get paid the rest of this year and his option becomes purely a club option. In return the Mets do not try and go through with the void. That would be best for both groups.
njstuckintx
8/17/2010-10:01am at 10:01 am (UTC -4)
Wasn’t the contract less than what he was asking for? and at the time, most thought it was a decent deal, due to years? and, if bad memory serves, i thought that the general thought was, heck, if he does make his option year, good things would be happening for the mets! Uff da, was that wrong.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-10:01am at 10:01 am (UTC -4)
Something about WFAN having Steve Phillips comment this morning about the KRod incident is just a little on the hypocritical side.
kingman 26
8/17/2010-10:04am at 10:04 am (UTC -4)
And I must remind you again, most respectfully, of what the leader of my band in Seattle always insisted we put in the liner notes to our CDs:
“For your safety and convenience, always remember that your stereo is equipped with an on/off switch.”
Keep the faith MF4D–it got better after 77-83, it got better after 93, it got better after Art Howe, and it WILL get better again!
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-10:13am at 10:13 am (UTC -4)
Ha! I know, I know..kingman. Thankfully, I only caught the last 20 minutes or so.
I really need to get Sirus radio in here so I’ve got a better choice of sports talk radio shows…
rustyjr
8/17/2010-10:13am at 10:13 am (UTC -4)
is that why the bass was low in the mix and you wore falsies?
kingman 26
8/17/2010-10:34am at 10:34 am (UTC -4)
HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
rustyjr
8/17/2010-10:13am at 10:13 am (UTC -4)
you think lol its a case of pot calling kettle a wifebeater lol
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-10:14am at 10:14 am (UTC -4)
Yeah…a bit. Phillips commenting on any personal moral ethics just makes me roll my eyes….
rustyjr
8/17/2010-10:25am at 10:25 am (UTC -4)
especially with carton at the helm – jeez that reeked of hypocritcal gas !
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-10:24am at 10:24 am (UTC -4)
its amazing that pretty much every big signing or trade Omar has made has been a failure except for Johan Santana…
couple in the fact that the draft has been a disaster most years, all the embarrassing scandels and most importantly they have missed the playoffs now 4 straight seasons, bringing Omar back for his 7th season as GM is clearly a no brainer.
TRS86
8/17/2010-10:25am at 10:25 am (UTC -4)
There is no way that Daniels is going to leave Texas. Texas would shell out the money to keep him and I am sure he loves working there.
You might get Towers, you most likely get Ricco on a change and you even more likely get Omar.
rustyjr
8/17/2010-10:27am at 10:27 am (UTC -4)
I like Towers i believe you are right about Daniels I just see Ricco as being the same as Harazin and we all know Harazin was a bad G.M.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-10:29am at 10:29 am (UTC -4)
well you really cant get worse than Omar. maybe they should 2 GMS. one for major league contracts and Omar can stay on as GM for minor league contracts and international signings.
rustyjr
8/17/2010-10:37am at 10:37 am (UTC -4)
oh jeez thats shades of the orioles from 5 years ago
TRS86
8/17/2010-10:38am at 10:38 am (UTC -4)
What makes you think Ricco would be better at MLB contracts?
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-10:41am at 10:41 am (UTC -4)
b/c its a complete impossibility to be worse. the worst Ricco could possibly be is on par with Omar.
I like my odds of him being better…
TRS86
8/17/2010-10:45am at 10:45 am (UTC -4)
I really disagree with your assessment of Omar’s current contract issues. Now if you are saying he would go out and sign more players? I don’t see the Wilpons giving him those abilities.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-10:55am at 10:55 am (UTC -4)
i believe the only reason Omar hasnt made any bad moves recently is b/c the Wilpons wont let him.
his track record with MLB signings is pretty horrible…
TRS86
8/17/2010-10:57am at 10:57 am (UTC -4)
Perez, Castillo and uh… Unless you are going to count things like Cora.
Or perhaps you are counting Pedro, Beltran, Johan, etc? Or maybe the extensions of Reyes and Wright?
kingman 26
8/17/2010-11:04am at 11:04 am (UTC -4)
Perez, Castillo, Alou, KRod, Pedro FOR SURE, Cora, Kelvim E…..
Beltran and Johan were paid absolute maximum, but were worth it.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:16am at 11:16 am (UTC -4)
I can’t count Pedro as that is pure hindsight and many argue was a necessary signing to regain credibility to the Mets.
The Alou contract was not bad, picking up the option was bad. Cora and Escobar are nothing signings. Especially Escobar which around the baseball community was regarded as a good low risk move.
kingman 26
8/17/2010-11:23am at 11:23 am (UTC -4)
The Pedro signing was horrible. The mythology that surrounds it is utter nonsense. Beltran begged the Yanks for less money then we offered and signed here because no one offered him anything close to what we did.
Who in Latin America did we sign due to Pedro? FMart? An injury-prone guy who has been around forever and has yet to excel at any level?
The Red Sox, Yankees, and others were 100% right about Pedro, and that signing can only rank after Ollie and Castillo in the annals of money horribly wasted. We got 1 excellent year, half of a decent one, and nothing else for four years and tens of millions.
And with the obvious state of finances/payroll, the Cora signing was most definitely not nothing, as is easily proven by the team making the 100% correct decision to get rid of this useless player before his 2 mil for next year was guaranteed—that move will hopefully bring us a bullpen arm and/or another low risk high reward guy like Dickey for 2011.
Alou? A great hitter and a hustling leader, but injured his entire career. Another waste of money.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-11:27am at 11:27 am (UTC -4)
im counting the fact that, aside from Johan, every signing he has made has eventually came back to hurt him.
and no resigning Wright and Reyes does not count as a FA signing. nice try though…
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:31am at 11:31 am (UTC -4)
I would bet that the Mets did NOT lose money on Pedro.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:33am at 11:33 am (UTC -4)
TRS86
Posted August 17, 2010 at 10:38 AM
What makes you think Ricco would be better at MLB contracts?
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oleosmirf
Posted August 17, 2010 at 10:41 AM
b/c its a complete impossibility to be worse. the worst Ricco could possibly be is on par with Omar.
I think Reyes and Wright count as MLB contracts.
Mr North Jersey
8/17/2010-11:37am at 11:37 am (UTC -4)
“I would bet”?
Maybe next time you can say “I would really really bet”
Borrowing a line for “A Few Good Men” and just hacking it up.
Sorry Tom Cruise.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:39am at 11:39 am (UTC -4)
My point is NJ that the amount of tickets sold, merchandise, etc they did not lose money on the Pedro signing. Of course I can’t prove that.
TRS86
8/17/2010-10:44am at 10:44 am (UTC -4)
Rusty you brought up one name that I keep forgetting. Wayne Krivsky. I suppose that he would have the best chance of any to get the GM job. That’s not a bad move. A baseball guy that’s respected in the league and had success.
steveo
8/17/2010-10:47am at 10:47 am (UTC -4)
All in all Omar hasn’t been great but, I definatley believe his hands are tied money wise ,his biggest failures in my opinion are the mishaps with in the organization such as the bernzard thing and waiting too long on it and the beltran injury and so on. He has to make quicker decisions. That being said, the team is the real problem now, and a major move needs to be made to adress the seriousness of the matter dumping a bad contract in the off season such as Bay and eating some of the money will send a strong signal but will it be done is anyones guess and probably a bad quess at that.As long as the mets have excuses there won’t be any major changes ,once the excuses run out then the ral changes have to happen.Its really sad that the # 1 thing that us mets fans have to talk about is the managment of this team instead of the sports side of it.
TRS86
8/17/2010-10:51am at 10:51 am (UTC -4)
They are not trading Bay. We have no idea if Bay’s contract from here on out will be bad. Regardless no one is going to trade for Bay right now and the amount we would have to eat would be more than the net he would most likely return.
The best one to try and trade would indeed be Beltran as you could eat 12M and still come out ahead of his production.
TRS86
8/17/2010-10:55am at 10:55 am (UTC -4)
I read a lot of articles about how BAD Krod’s option year is. Look in a vacuum it’s a terrible option. However, when you look at the entire contract you see what they did and why they did it.
09:$8.5M, 10:$11.5M, 11:$11.5M, 12:$17.5M option ($3.5M buyout)
Why is it that Krod took 8.5M in 09? Because the Mets added 6M in the back.
This brings the contract to 4/48 which is exactly what his market value was at that time. Perhaps even a little below at the time. This is called back-loading in a team friendly way. If the option does not work out then he bascially gets 11.5 for 3 years.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-10:59am at 10:59 am (UTC -4)
i think its pretty safe to say that the option wont vest next season and if it does, that means we were in the race in September…
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-11:03am at 11:03 am (UTC -4)
Not sure why you say it wont vest. If Krod returns and is healthy, I don’t see anyway it won’t vest.
He needs 100 CF between 2010/2011 with 55 of them needing to be in 2011. He’s got 46 this year. The way I’m looking at it, it should be very easy to get the 55 next year.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-11:13am at 11:13 am (UTC -4)
if the Mets are not in the race, he will be traded or if thats not possible demoted to a role where we wont finish games.
its a pretty simple and straight forward concept.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:14am at 11:14 am (UTC -4)
No team would trade for him with that option and he’s not gonna be demoted just to avoid the option.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-11:22am at 11:22 am (UTC -4)
of course he would. The Wilpons are already “ashamed” by his actions. they will do everything possible to keep that option from vesting.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-11:24am at 11:24 am (UTC -4)
No way they even try it as they wouldn’t get away with it.
The contracts players sign across the board wouldn’t be worth the paper they’re written on then.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-11:31am at 11:31 am (UTC -4)
what do u mean they cant get away with it. The manager can use his players in any way he wants.
if the Mets are out of the race, they wont let that option trigger and nothing can prevent them from doing so…
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:34am at 11:34 am (UTC -4)
Not true, this stuff has came up before.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:35am at 11:35 am (UTC -4)
Not sure you understand the power of the MLBPA. If Krod is pitching decent the Mets would have a hard time proving they demoted him due to performance.
Mr North Jersey
8/17/2010-11:28am at 11:28 am (UTC -4)
1st we have to wait and see what the results of the surgery will be and how much time will it take for him to get to a point where he can rehab.
2nd Once that is known the question will be if he will pitch during winter-ball to allow him to get ready for 2011.
3rd. Once camp opens in 2011 we have to wait to see where he is and if there has been any setbacks before any1 knows what to expect movin forward.
4th Even if he misses the 1st 2 months say of 2011 unless the Mets trade him or somehow manage to have at the time of his return a reliable closer other than KRod they will have to use him so the notion that they will somehow demote him to a non closer role if healthy is suspect at best and will have to remain to be seen.
The best way I can see for Mets not having to pay that 2012 vesting is via trade or that he just takes a longtime during his rehab where time will not allow it to vest. Both moves that no one can say at this point will happen or not.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:14am at 11:14 am (UTC -4)
Agreed.
The best case they have is to void the option because of this incident.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-11:38am at 11:38 am (UTC -4)
For whatever reason I’m not seeing a reply button on Oleo’s last comment so putting it here…hope it makes sense….
You just said they could not use him as last pitcher in any game to make sure the option doesn’t vest. By that statement, it’s being admitted the Mets would deliberately make sure KRod could never reach that vested option. That’s what I mean by ‘getting away with it’.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:41am at 11:41 am (UTC -4)
Future reference it cuts it off at 8 threads. You can place it right underneath of it by replying to the same one he did.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-11:42am at 11:42 am (UTC -4)
Thanks.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-11:33am at 11:33 am (UTC -4)
or instead of getting k-rod “work” he will only pitch in save situations to
“preserve his arm”. the Mets will be able to prevent 54 games finished fairly easily…
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:36am at 11:36 am (UTC -4)
Like I said, I don’t see it. You would be tanking your team and your team chemistry as well as setting yourself up for a lawsuit from MLBPA.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-11:42am at 11:42 am (UTC -4)
Still don’t think it would fly, unless there was actually a problem with his arm. He’ll be 28 years old Most 28 year olds with no apparent injuries should be able to pitch one inning in 55 games with no problems.
If they tried that, or some deviation of how he’s been used in the first 2 years the Mets had him, for no apparent reason other than to make sure the option doesn’t vest, I’m willing to bet the player’s union would be all over it.
If the Mets feel that strongly against KRod, better to try and trade him.
Just my opinion but I think the Mets aren’t quite as outraged but more see it as an opportunity to get rid of a contract they now deem $$ wise was a mistake.
Mr North Jersey
8/17/2010-11:45am at 11:45 am (UTC -4)
“Just my opinion but I think the Mets aren’t quite as outraged but more see it as an opportunity to get rid of a contract they now deem $$ wise was a mistake.”
I can’t show any reason to say that is the case also but yet I agree with you 4d. That may be more truer than some would care to believe.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:49am at 11:49 am (UTC -4)
I can even agree that is a possibility. Either the Mets don’t like Krod as their closer, they are the moral police or they have financial issues. Or they are idiots.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-12:00pm at 12:00 pm (UTC -4)
the wilpons are the ultimate moral police and idiots and probably have financial issues too.
they have a budget just to say they have one as to not get grouped with the Yankees and they rarely go overslot just to make a point. they dont buyout players b/c they refuse to pay players to leave. its all about principle and morals with them.
the Mets want to win “the right way” and play by the “rules”
TRS86
8/17/2010-12:05pm at 12:05 pm (UTC -4)
Shame on them for that last line.
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:38am at 11:38 am (UTC -4)
Here is the contract and your best case for termination is the last clause.
# 55 games finished in 2011, and
# 100 games finished in 2010-11, and
# doctors declare Rodriguez healthy after 2011
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-11:50am at 11:50 am (UTC -4)
if they “preserve his arm” by only using him in save situations that could get that to under 54 games finished.
or the doctors can not declare him healthy and find something like they were able to do with Perez…
when there is a will, there’s a way…
TRS86
8/17/2010-11:59am at 11:59 am (UTC -4)
I can see the last one because that will be after the season. Doing what you are saying would be yet another media and clubhouse disaster.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-12:07pm at 12:07 pm (UTC -4)
well if Beltran is still here, then im sure they will be happy about it. you think Beltran and im sure others will ever talk to this guy again outside of baseball???
im sure there are many guys who would love it if he never came back…
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-1:14pm at 1:14 pm (UTC -4)
Yes, I’m sure there are some who would prefer he not return. I’m sure there are some that didn’t like him to begin with. Just as I’m sure there are some who won’t care one way or another.
It’s just human nature. Everyone’s moral compass is different.
rustyjr
8/17/2010-1:17pm at 1:17 pm (UTC -4)
so true – I want beltran back – i feel if healthy he will have a contract year – then you wave goodbye in october of ’11
saltygary
8/17/2010-11:50am at 11:50 am (UTC -4)
Off topic…
With the change in website is there going to be a phone friendly version again. Or was the former just a iPhone friendly? I just switched from iPhone to a Droid X so I don’t know if it’s me or YOU?
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-11:52am at 11:52 am (UTC -4)
LOL….if they couldn’t find an injury for Perez right now to get him off the 25 man..not sure they could come up with something that would stick with KRod.
TRS86
8/17/2010-12:00pm at 12:00 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah there should be.
TRS86
8/17/2010-12:20pm at 12:20 pm (UTC -4)
try it now.
rustyjr
8/17/2010-12:58pm at 12:58 pm (UTC -4)
from what I understand the mobile version is in the works
TRS86
8/17/2010-12:59pm at 12:59 pm (UTC -4)
done.
metsfan4decades
8/17/2010-11:55am at 11:55 am (UTC -4)
Eddie Coleman reporting the Mets appear to be moving towards putting KRod on the ‘disqualified’ list for the rest of this year, thereby trying to get back salary owed for rest of 2010.
He did say the Mets will have to battle that out with the player’s union and not sure they’ll win that. If they couldn’t come to an agreement there, it could go to arbitration.
He did say he believes the Mets will probably make every attempt at it.
oleosmirf
8/17/2010-12:05pm at 12:05 pm (UTC -4)
there is no way k-rod will get paid for the time he misses due to an injury that happened while committing a crime.
Aaron Boone didnt get paid by the Yankees after his knee injury suffered during a pickup game, i dont see why it would be any different here considering what K-Rod did was ILLEGAL!!!!!!
rustyjr
8/17/2010-1:01pm at 1:01 pm (UTC -4)
Ahh finaly !