Hedging The Mets
The Lead
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🗓️ 12 December 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Longtime Mets owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon are reportedly selling the team to billionaire hedge fund manager (and minority owner) Steve Cohen. Mets fans have long had a contentious relationship with the Wilpons, often criticizing them for mismanagement and not spending as much on free agents as their cross-town rivals the Yankees. The Athletic's Tim Britton joins us to talk about the sale and how it could shake up the organization.
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| 0:00.0 | So, Anders, it's been a big week for a New York baseball. |
| 0:10.0 | First, you have the Yankee signing Garrett Cole to the biggest contract ever for a major |
| 0:18.0 | league pitcher. |
| 0:19.0 | And across town, a huge shake-up for the match. |
| 0:22.4 | Some of the best news that I have ever heard as a fan of the New York match, and that |
| 0:26.2 | is that we are going to be getting a new ownership group in the next five years. |
| 0:30.0 | The guy who is coming into Bythomets, Steve Cohen, is being hailed as a savior for a franchise |
| 0:35.7 | whose fans have long been fed up with ownership. |
| 0:38.7 | Fred and Jeff Wilpon, whose nicknames are Fred and Jeff Kupon, have been hated owners |
| 0:44.6 | by the New York match for years on. |
| 0:47.3 | Today, the Athletics Tim Britton joins us to discuss just how bad it's been for Mets |
| 0:51.6 | and if Cohen's rival could finally help the team compete with the boys and the Bronx. |
| 1:00.6 | From Wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:03.0 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:04.4 | It's Thursday, December 12th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:08.4 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:12.8 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment. |
| 1:16.6 | The first time. |
| 1:18.6 | The first of the past don't matter, because we've got this now. |
| 1:23.6 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
| 1:28.0 | It stays with you. |
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