Major League Baseball owners officially approved the $2.42-billion purchase of the New York Mets by Steve Cohen, clearing the way for a final closing of the deal in the next 10 days. (more…)

Major League Baseball owners officially approved the $2.42-billion purchase of the New York Mets by Steve Cohen, clearing the way for a final closing of the deal in the next 10 days. (more…)
After word got out that Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez were discussing with potential investors a purchase of the New York Mets, another suitor for the team and its assets emerges: Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment. (more…)
The drama over future ownership of the New York Mets continues, with billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen withdrawing his ownership bid–and Alex Rodriguez reportedly considering a purchase of the team from the Wilpon family. (more…)
The Wilpon family, via Sterling Partners, is in negotiations to sell an 80 percent share of the New York Mets to hedge-fund investor Steve Cohen, who already owns a minority share in the National League franchise, reports Bloomberg News. (more…)
The venerable Syracuse Chiefs name could go by the wayside in 2019, as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a name change for the Class AAA Syracuse Mets when the team becomes a New York Mets affiliate. (more…)
Tuesday marked a shift for baseball in Syracuse, as the New York Mets announced their purchase of the Syracuse Chiefs (Class AAA; International League). (more…)
New York Mets fans at Citi Field will have an enhanced ballpark experience in 2015, as the team is installing a new 13HD LED center-field videoboard — one of the first in the majors. (more…)
Saul Katz, who controls the New York Mets ownership with the Wilpon family, may be looking to sell his share of the team, according to a published report. The issue is actually pretty simple, according to the report: Katz is tired of spending millions to prop up the team. From The New York Times: The […]
It’s back to the future for the New York Mets and the St. Lucie Mets (High Class A; Florida State League), as their Port St. Lucie facility will revert back to a familiar name: Tradition Field. Tradition Florida held naming rights to the ballpark from 2004-2009. After a naming-rights deal with Digital Domain fell through […]
Last week we referred to a surprise player emerging as the 2012 home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League). That surprise player was Newark’s Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, but the New York Mets killed the move. As you’ll recall, last week the SWB Yankees management — the New York Yankees and Mandalay […]
David Einhorn’s bid to buy a minority share of the New York Mets has fallen through, leaving the team to beat the bushes for other limited investors. The official word is that the Mets ownership, which could owe upwards of a billion dollars as a result of investments with swindler Bernie Madoff, can cover this […]
David Einhorn, a high-profile Wall Street investor who seeks to find value in underperforming corporations, is negotiating to buy a non-controlling stake in the New York Mets. Einhorn is a big baseball fan, growing up in Milwaukee and playing ball as a kid. He’s made his mark in the financial world as a hedge-fund manager, […]
The owners of the New York Mets managed investments for others in Bernie Madoff‘s Ponzi scheme and threw some interesting conditions on participation: the investors, which included Larry King, Sandy Koufax and Tim Teufel, could have no interaction with Madoff and ask how he generated such impressive returns. The New York Times went through the […]