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I remember A-Rod attended the 2000 WS game. I was a young boy that time. There was a rumor that A-Rod might join Piazza and the Mets. Philips thought Rey Ordonez was good enough
I have no problem if A-Rod became an ownership of the Mets. It's just I am not a big fan of a group that has 15-20 millionaires to buy a team
Speaking of the 80s Mets, didn't the Mets go through the same problem under the new ownership? They went worse after Doubleday & Co. and minority Fred Wilpon purchased the Mets
The Mets just need some times under Cohen. I have faith that we will be very good ASAP
Completely agree about the 15 - 20 millionaires investing. I'm sure A-Rod would have had the majority say or at least be the face of the investment group. But yeah, J-Lo, Travis Kelce, Urlacher, Demarco Murray and whoever else was rumored would have been pure ***.
No thanks. Especially in light of the separation between A Rod and J Lo.
I also agree about giving Cohen a chance. He seems passionate and if he's like say a Steve Ballmer, then I'm with it.
As far as the A-Rod to the Mets goes, I remember the rumors of him coming to the Mets but couldn't recall the details surrounding it. So I googled and found this from a 2018 article:
Imagine Alex Rodriguez as Derek Jeter's crosstown rival.
www.si.com
"During ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast, former New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez implied that he wished he signed with the New York Mets in the 2000-2001 offseason. The hypothetical question was posed by play-by-play announcer Matt Vasgersian while discussing Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper's upcoming free agency decision.
Rodriguez has previously said that he was a Mets fan as a child.
“Growing up in Miami, I was a huge Mets fan,” Rodriguez said. “Keith Hernandez was my favorite player. And I thought I would make great concessions to go play for the Mets. And I thought it was just a great story for baseball, it would’ve been a great story for me to play for the team I grew up watching. And I thought Mets-Yankees would have been a great story.”
"I would just say this: If I was to do it again, I would just take control of my career a lot more," he added.
In a 2011 story by Ian O'Connor of ESPN, Rodriguez's agent, Scott Boras, asked for many additional perks if he signed with the Mets. The list included a Shea Stadium office, a marketing staff, a merchandise tent at spring training, a luxury box, a private jet and several billboards. No dollar amount was ever discussed with the Mets, former general manager Steve Phillips told ESPN.
'It's not about individuals," Phillips
told the
New York Times in 2000. "It's about 25 players joined into a team. When that is compromised, it becomes difficult to win.''
I see why that **** ain't happen. **** outta here with them requests Boras.