With Toby, Patrick and Miguel Batista.
On iTunes here.
I misstated something near the end for the sake of (attempted) humor that I should probably clarify: I do care about team ownership when it affects the teams, obviously. And I’m not so ignorant to believe ownership isn’t a factor in the decisions many GMs make, and I know I’ve been burned in the past by blaming general managers for moves supposedly forced on them by owners.
I was fresh off writing this thing yesterday when we recorded the podcast. While writing the part about sports being entertainment, I got sidetracked thinking about the Wilpons’ legal and financial issues, which Mets fans want to talk about all the time these days. They’re just not all that entertaining to me.
I still pay attention to what happens because I want to know how it all continues to affect my favorite baseball team. And I have opinions, of course, but they are: a) mostly uninformed and based on reporting from various sources that constantly contradict one another; b) without any legal or financial expertise whatsoever; c) due to my employment likely to be interpreted as some direct message from someone up the chain at SNY, which is endlessly frustrating. So they’re kind of useless, and nowhere near as exciting to write about as even a Spring Training bullpen session from Johan Santana.
Tedquarters 