Everyone is speculating on the source for the post at New York Magazine about the current state of the Mets:
"You know what I think when I read about the Mets nowadays? We’ve become the Oakland A’s. We’re the Pittsburgh Pirates. Our fans deserve better than that. You can’t possibly build a dynasty when you’re cutting costs left and right. The only way to turn it around is to sell the team.
It hurts me to say this, because I’ve always liked Fred Wilpon. I know in his heart how much he wants the Mets to succeed. He’s always lived and died with the team. But there comes a time when it’s no longer possible to be in charge. Fred doesn’t have enough money to make it work."
If this hastens the Wilpons' departure, I hope this post gets a lot of traction.
Showing posts with label New York Magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Magazine. Show all posts
Monday, January 9, 2012
Monday, November 21, 2011
When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality? When Did Liberals Become So Unreasonable? | New York Magazine
Jonathan Chait offers a left-wing critique of liberals. Likewise, David Frum offers a right-wing crtique of conservatives. Both very long yet interesting reads.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Did you know Carlos Beltran will be traded any day now?
Jon Heyman's column in Sports Illustrated the other day makes me wonder not so much why the Mets would trade Carlos Beltran within their own division but rather, why would a division rival send a top prospect to another team within its own division when that prospect could come back to haunt them for the next 7-10 years?
On a side note about Beltran, Will Leitch of New York Magazine makes an interesting observation:
"Within the next eleven days, the Mets are going to trade Carlos Beltran. When that happens, we will all write obituaries to his seven-year Mets career, the high times, the low times, the injuries, the last out of the 2006 NLCS."
Later in the same post, he writes:
"And in his first chance as closer, Jason Isringhausen, of all people, nailed down the save. Mets fans of course know Isringhausen as the onetime starting prospect burnout, but Cardinals fans know him as the agonizingly inconsistent closer whose injury allowed Adam Wainwright to become the Cardinals closer in 2006, which led to that 2006 NLCS Game 7, which leads us back to Beltran. This post just went full circle and blew your mind."
On a side note about Beltran, Will Leitch of New York Magazine makes an interesting observation:
"Within the next eleven days, the Mets are going to trade Carlos Beltran. When that happens, we will all write obituaries to his seven-year Mets career, the high times, the low times, the injuries, the last out of the 2006 NLCS."
Later in the same post, he writes:
"And in his first chance as closer, Jason Isringhausen, of all people, nailed down the save. Mets fans of course know Isringhausen as the onetime starting prospect burnout, but Cardinals fans know him as the agonizingly inconsistent closer whose injury allowed Adam Wainwright to become the Cardinals closer in 2006, which led to that 2006 NLCS Game 7, which leads us back to Beltran. This post just went full circle and blew your mind."
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
A view from inside the asylum...
New York magazine peels off a layer to reveal the paranoid schizophrenia that is Fox News:
"Going back to the 2008 campaign, [Obama advisor David]Axelrod had maintained an off-the-record dialogue with [Fox News chairman Roger] Ailes. He had faced off against Ailes in a U.S. Senate campaign in the early eighties and respected him as a fellow political warrior and shaper of narrative. But early on, Axelrod learned he couldn’t change Ailes’s outlook on Obama. In one meeting in 2008, Ailes told Axelrod that he was concerned that Obama wanted to create a national police force.
“You can’t be serious,” Axelrod replied. “What makes you think that?”
Ailes responded by e-mailing Axelrod a YouTube clip from a campaign speech Obama had given on national service, in which he called for the creation of a new civilian corps to work alongside the military on projects overseas.
Later, Axelrod related in a conversation that the exchange was the moment he realized Ailes truly believed what he was broadcasting."
It's a very, very long and enlightening read, as is the sidebar article to it.
"Going back to the 2008 campaign, [Obama advisor David]Axelrod had maintained an off-the-record dialogue with [Fox News chairman Roger] Ailes. He had faced off against Ailes in a U.S. Senate campaign in the early eighties and respected him as a fellow political warrior and shaper of narrative. But early on, Axelrod learned he couldn’t change Ailes’s outlook on Obama. In one meeting in 2008, Ailes told Axelrod that he was concerned that Obama wanted to create a national police force.
“You can’t be serious,” Axelrod replied. “What makes you think that?”
Ailes responded by e-mailing Axelrod a YouTube clip from a campaign speech Obama had given on national service, in which he called for the creation of a new civilian corps to work alongside the military on projects overseas.
Later, Axelrod related in a conversation that the exchange was the moment he realized Ailes truly believed what he was broadcasting."
It's a very, very long and enlightening read, as is the sidebar article to it.
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