The Mets refinanced anywhere between $450 and $700 million in existing debt, depending on which source you trust, which means the Wilpons will be sticking around. Joy. This also means the team will be paying off this debt for years, which may result in more offseasons like this one, where even teams like the Kansas … Read more
Stop the presses! The Mets have signed a righthanded-hitting outfielder. Finally, Ted Berg gets his man.
Ted Berg, senior editorial producer of SNY, was nice enough to answer some questions for us at Mets Today. Ted is a modern-day renaissance man with a broad cultural interest, ranging from baseball to buffalo wings to sandwiches, which you can read all about on his blog, TedQuarters.
Matt Himelfarb: Mets fans are mindless sheeple brainwashed by Nazi-esque propagandists such as yourself and Matt Cerrone. How are you so good at hiding the truth?
Ted Berg: It’s not easy, and it requires Andy Kaufman-esque dedication to staying in character. My career would be ruined if they found out I’m a secret Phillies fan and just doing this for the paycheck. WAIT, ARE YOU PUBLISHING THIS?
MH: Take us through how you got the SNY gig
We may have to start a Ryota Igarashi series to chronicle all the plans, activities, and goals developed by the Mets’ newest free agent signee. Check out this tidbit that was posted earlier this month on our new favorite Japanese blog, YakyuBaka.com: Ryota Igarashi still doesn’t have an MLB home, but that hasn’t stopped him … Read more
At MetsFansForever, Will Sommer asks several bloggers which “big” free agent will be signed by the Mets Andrew Vazzano unearths a slice of good news from the winter meetings – that David Wright and Daniel Murphy were working out with Howard Johnson, and Jeff Francoeur may be with HoJo later in the winter. Ted Berg … Read more
David Wright is leading the National League in strikeouts and hitting only .271. However, I see no reason for concern, since this is Wright’s M.O. for April. He is a notoriously slow starter, and we’ve come to expect subpar numbers from him in the first month of the season. But don’t listen to me, check … Read more
