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polo007 · Post #601 » by **polo007** » Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:39 pm

New York Mets Sale: Steve Cohen Reaches Deal to Buy MLB Team – Sportico.com

Billionaire Steve Cohen has reached an agreement to buy the New York Mets, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal.

The hedge fund titan has been in exclusive talks to assume control of the Major League Baseball franchise from the Katz and Wilpon families.

The person was granted anonymity because the deal isn’t signed, though an announcement will be made later today. Allen & Co., which is overseeing the sale, declined to comment. Cohen will own 95% of the team, with the Katz and Wilpon families retaining the other 5%.

While financial terms of the agreement haven’t been disclosed, two people with knowledge of the deal have said the sale values the team at about $2.42 billion.

That would make it the most paid for an MLB franchise, topping the $2.15 billion paid for the Los Angeles Dodgers and surrounding real estate.

Post #602 » by **Schad** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 12:15 am

It is utterly insane that baseball is being played in these conditions:

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The air quality for this game was rated "very unhealthy". Advisories were in effect for people to avoid any sort of physical activity. Baseball games went ahead where players were having to wear N95 filtration masks. What the **** are we doing here.

polo007 · Post #603 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:08 pm

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Metallikid · Post #604 » by **Metallikid** » Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:25 pm

Schad wrote:It is utterly insane that baseball is being played in these conditions:

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The air quality for this game was rated "very unhealthy". Advisories were in effect for people to avoid any sort of physical activity. Baseball games went ahead where players were having to wear N95 filtration masks. What the **** are we doing here.

Pretty sure what the **** are we doing here starts well before playing baseball.

polo007 · Post #605 » by **polo007** » Sun Sep 20, 2020 8:47 pm

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A fan just snuck into Fenway Park DURING THE GAME! He was throwing stuff onto the field and yelling. Leave it up to 2020!

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polo007 · Post #606 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:41 am

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polo007 · Post #607 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:53 pm

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polo007 · Post #608 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:13 pm

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Ado05 · Post #609 » by **Ado05** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:40 am

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#3 ranked prospect in the Pirates farm

vaff87 · Post #610 » by **vaff87** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 12:12 pm

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#3 ranked prospect in the Pirates farm

Wow. He looked good in Spring Training, too.

polo007 · Post #611 » by **polo007** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:03 pm

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Metallikid · Post #612 » by **Metallikid** » Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:12 pm

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One of the few clubs we have been on the losing end to historically. Need a revenge series the next few years.

Post #613 » by **Schad** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:06 pm

This is not a great look.

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-mlb-covid-testing-health-workers-20200924-lgrlvj4qjfh3pnudvixpgzqwbe-story.html

As Section 2.1.5, titled “Voluntary Testing of Household Members and First Responders” read: “MLB will offer free diagnostic/PCR and antibody/serology testing for...healthcare workers or other first responders in the Clubs' home cities as a public service.”

MLB would clean up after itself, in other words, supplying free tests aimed at the workers cheered on by clanging pots and pans, in lieu of standing ovations at Yankee Stadium or Wrigley Field. Even if these tests might exclude other “essential workers,” and if the manual barely defined how MLB planned to set any of this into motion, it was something.

Or it would have been something, if it had happened. Exactly three months after the manual was shown to the public, and two months after Opening Day, MLB is only now beginning to return its attention to promises made in June.

[...]For months, baseball has devoured about 10,000 tests per week for players and personnel. Those tests have to come from somewhere. The number may not be particularly large compared to the overall number of tests needed across the country, but it adds stress to an already overtaxed system, and grants priority and preference to players and team personnel who could otherwise be perfectly safe at home on their couch.

While MLB has spun up its own testing, the rest of the country is facing massive testing shortages, drive-through lines stretching for miles, and week-long waits for test results. Black and Latino communities across the city and nation continue to bear the brunt of the consequences of America’s testing failure. These communities are disproportionately poor and lower-income, making it hard to afford a concierge testing program delivering results in 24 hours. And they make up a disproportionately large share of the “essential worker” class, putting them in the line of the virus for which we still cannot test cheaply or reliably.

polo007 · Post #614 » by **polo007** » Sat Sep 26, 2020 7:27 am

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polo007 · Post #616 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:58 am

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polo007 · Post #617 » by **polo007** » Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:12 pm

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polo007 · Post #618 » by **polo007** » Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:03 pm

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wazabifuzz · Post #619 » by **wazabifuzz** » Tue Oct 13, 2020 6:38 pm

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we can all rejoice now !

LBJKB24MJ23 · Post #620 » by **LBJKB24MJ23** » Wed Oct 14, 2020 3:13 pm

how about those Rays. 3-0

Dodgers being the Dodgers. down 2-0.