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Mets News and Morning Links - 3/5/2022

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Good Morning.  Happy Birthday Mike Hessman. Lockout Day 94, Spring Training games cancelled until March 17th, the players support stadium workers, and Steve Cohen's smart moves give Mets a profit.

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Barstool Sports: Shocker! 3 Of The 4 Cheap A** MLB Owners That Voted Against Increasing The Luxury Tax Also Voted Against Steve Cohen's Bid To Buy The Mets Because They Are Scared Of Cohen Spending Too Much Money.

Forbes.com: New York Mets’ Revenue Surged To $153 Million At Citi Field In 2021 Thanks To Steve Cohen. “Cohen injected the ballpark’s balance sheet with $50 million of his own money, thereby reducing the amount of ticket revenue that had to go toward PILOT bond payments by 40%. Cohen also refinanced the PILOT bonds at lower interest rates. These two actions not only saved the team money but also resulted in a higher credit rating for Citi Field’s bonds.”

Mets Daddy: MLB 2022 Season On Path To Cancellation. ”Throughout the CBA negotiations, we saw a pattern. The MLBPA kept making major concessions, and they were met with little to no movement from the owners.”

Greg Prince Faith and Fear in Flushing looks at Mets who played Third, Outfield, and caught in “Catching OF-3B Lightning in a Catcher”

Brooklyn Cyclones Announcers Keith Raad and Billy Harner do a great Podcast every week - Amazin' Starts Here.  Here is the latest episode where they interview Bryce Wheary, St. Lucie Player Development Coach. 

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Neil Best Newsday "Blame baseball, not younger people's short attention spans, for the decline of baseball"

David Lennon Newsday MLB players' union launches $1M fund to aid stadium staffs, other workers hurt by cancellation of games. A few hours later, MLB erased more games from the spring-training schedule, now through March 17.

SNY.TV: “While it was reported earlier on Friday that the MLBPA has approached the league with a new offer revolving around a 14-team postseason, MLB unfortunately was forced to cancel more spring training games. As another week went by without a new CBA, the league announced on Friday that spring training games can now begin no earlier than March 18.”

Joel Sherman NY Post: Locked-out MLB players should relent on luxury tax issue — for now.  Joel suggest the Players should accept the Owners deal and “make an agreement with this proviso: a reopener clause in a five-year deal after two or three years, which would allow either side to terminate and trigger new negotiations”.

NY Post: Minor league teams ban Rob Manfred over MLB lockout: ‘Hates fun’

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Jim Fregosi, obtained by the Mets from the Angels in the off-season for future Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, breaks his right thumb during a spring training workout. The All-Star infielder will suffer through an agonizing season, batting only .232 in 101 games, after being touted as the team's solution to its revolving door at third base.


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