The greatest frustration for a die-hard fan is to believe you care more than the owner of your favorite team. You splurge for tickets and…
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Steven Cohen Is Approved as Mets Owner After Clearing 2 More Hurdles
Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund manager, received two critical rubber stamps on Friday that all but completed his $2.4 billion purchase of the…
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With Wilpons Set to Cede Control, the Mets End an Era of What-Ifs
About six months after leading a pointed public battle against the Mets’ owners over their entanglement with the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme, the lawyer…
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Steven Cohen Agrees to Buy the Mets, Again
Frustrated Mets fans have for years pined for a new owner to swoop in and buy their team, someone to save it from what they…
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Denying Alex Rodriguez, Mets Avoid a Risky Presence in the Owner’s Box
From the very start, Alex Rodriguez has been an achiever. He was the first overall draft pick at 17 years old and a batting champion…
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Brodie Van Wagenen Says Rob Manfred ‘Doesn’t Get It’ in Video
The Mets and the Miami Marlins chose not to play on Thursday, joining 12 other Major League Baseball teams in sitting out in response to…
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For Sale: A Team With a Colorful Financial History
When Nelson Doubleday, John O. Pickett and Fred Wilpon bought the Mets from the Payson family for $21 million in 1980, it was a relatively…
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