causing mets fans to go crazy after these quotes in New Yorker Magazine. Link at bottom but its a long article...here are a few highlights from the Mets owner.
¶ On Jose Reyes, the often-injured shortstop with an expiring contract: “He thinks he’s going to get Carl Crawford money. He’s had everything wrong with him. He won’t get it.”
¶ On David Wright, the centerpiece third baseman: “A really good kid. A very good player. Not a superstar.”
¶ On Carlos Beltran, who starred for Houston in the 2004 playoffs before signing a seven-year, $119 million deal with the Mets: We had some dummy in New York, Wilpon says, referring to himself, “who paid him based on that one series. He’s 65 to 70 percent of what he was.”
A rally expires, during which Wilpon refers to his team with an expletive and, again, with the word lousy. He says the team is “snakebitten” and essentially agrees when Toobin suggests the Mets could be cursed.
“He gave sort of a half laugh,” Toobin writes, “and said, ‘You mean’ — and then pantomimed a checked swing of the bat.”
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/30/110530fa_fact_toobin