It's not the team, it's the owner that's the problem. While we Mets fans are hoping for a comeback season for our team, everything so far has been about the low-life team owners -- "The Wilpons". I love the way the press refers to them this way -- as if they were "The Royals".
There's this absurd situation happening now where Bernie Madoff's victims are suing Jeff Wilpon for
300 million a billion dollars to get back some of the money they believe he scarfed up while knowing Madoff was involved in a Ponzi scheme. Doesn't matter what the truth of it is, it's ruining the beginning of the Mets season.
While the fans are worrying about whether they'll keep shortstop Jose Reyes
(Yes!), whether Santana can come back from his injuries and be an effective pitcher again
(?), whether Carlos Beltran screwed his knee up forever by getting an unapproved operation
(No!), and whether R.A. Dickey really is a pitching god
(Yes!) -- we have to see this nonsense plastered all over the news. This is a big story in NY.
The Wilpons have always seemed like creepy characters to me. I just wish they'd sell the team so we could get a normal manager. But it ain't gonna happen and even if the team did change ownership, we wouldn't be out of the woods. There's been talk of Donald Trump buying the team. Oy.
We are cursed but it has nothing to do with our players. I hope that the Mets can be a real team this year -- despite the damned Wilpons. And keep that Donald creature away from our team! That's all we need: a living circus as the new owner.
