It looks like our cross town rivals (yes, the New York Mets) are doing their best to buy the best team they possibly can. The Mets just started a regional sports network so the team should have some money rolling in from that and they just made a blockbuster deal to bring Carlos Delgado to New York. They’re in the mix for Manny Ramirez and they appear to be the front runner for Billy Wagner.
Unfortunately, the Mets never seem to be able to get the job done on the field. They’ve had the highest payroll before and all it’s gotten them is a World Series beating at the hand of the Yankees. I have mixed feelings about Ramirez going to the Mets because while the Red Sox (my least favorite team) will get a little weaker (you’d assume), the Mets (my second least favorite team by a slim margin) will get that much stronger.
So while George Steinbrenner set the standard blue print for the big spending teams, it looks like the Mets are trying to follow in their footsteps. Good luck, because you’ll need it. Although I wouldn’t mind a subway series in 2006.
And the Yankees raised their ticket prices. I haven’t lived in New York in several years, so this doesn’t mean too much to me. I’ve been to one Yankee game in the last five years and I currently reside on the west side of Michigan. If it means more money for the team, I’m all for it.
