If Mets ownership did what people seem to think they want–say nothing–the media would be hounding them night and day. WHAT ARE YOU HIDING? WHY WON’T YOU ISSUE A STATEMENT? WHY AM I SHOUTING? People would presume their guilt, even more so than they do now, I think. Because the family’s reputation is being attacked. How on earth could they not respond to this in some way? Of all people, Olney–a former reporter on the Mets’ and Yankees’ beat–should know this.

As for the charge raised by Lennon and others that the Mets are timing announcements like Castillo’s release and the now-officially-official release of Oliver Perez strategically for PR purposes, to that I’d say: Who cares? There isn’t a business in the world that doesn’t hold off on releasing news or making decisions official for PR reasons. At least not ones that want to stay in business. Why should the Mets be any different?

– Matthew Callan, Amazin’ Avenue.

I have started and not finished about five different posts explaining, essentially, why I do not often and will not often weigh in on the Wilpons’ financial saga on this site. Callan gets at a lot of the reasons here: Essentially, the Wilpons have backed into a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t scenario, and it has become difficult to see through the posturing from both sides in the pending lawsuit (now lawsuits) to ween out reality.

I’ll add that I have no inclination or particular aptitude for business. If I did, I’d probably be a businessman and perhaps making a lot more money right now. I like baseball and writing, among other things. I have a pretty awesome job that involves writing about baseball. This stuff, though it involves baseball because it is inextricably linked to the Mets, is not baseball.

Also, I am not an expert in business or law or anything besides sandwiches, really. And it strikes me that every single person involved at the level where stuff is actually happening — the lawyers, the trustees, the Wilpons, etc. — is both better informed and better qualified than I am to process the various details of this case. Presumably there are career financial lawyers working around the clock on it.

I’m not sure I trust the media outlets covering the story to present the full breadth of information in any accessible way, at least partly because — as I’ve said before — what little I do understand about it suggests that most of the articles published on the subject, especially in sports sections, entirely fail to grasp or even attempt to portray the nuance involved. Hell, I dedicate a good deal of space on this site to doubting and criticizing sports columns in newspapers. I’m not about to put much faith in the same columnists when they take on a much more complicated subject.

I will continue to occasionally link off to takes I find interesting and to news when something meaningful actually happens. But if you’re looking for much more, I’d suggest checking out just about every other outlet covering the Mets.