This is very similar to what I’d write if I had the urge to write more about the Wilpons’ situation, only better. Worth the read. Much better, better-researched and more informed than the takes I’ve seen in most of the local papers.

You can buy Shawn Green’s house for only $10.9 million, nearly $7 million off the original asking price. Also, I’m pretty sure my entire house could fit into Shawn Green’s kitchen. But then I may have better range in the outfield at this point.

I don’t want to seem like I’m willfully ignoring this story, so here’s a link to a Times article about the Wilpons’ prior investments with fraudulent businesses.

I was on the conference call on Friday and it bored me near to tears. I hardly know what most of this stuff means, but it does seem like the particular case is perhaps a bit too nuanced for most of those covering and reacting to it to grasp (I don’t mean the Times piece, I mean columns like this one).

And I fear that trying my best to clear things up will either a) make it seem like I’m defending the Wilpons on account of my paycheck, which I’m not interested in doing or b) expose my ignorance of nearly everything pertaining to business and investments.

I caused a minor Twitter meltdown this morning by teasing this news, which I probably shouldn’t have done. Anyway, no idea if or how this affects the team on the field, since the Wilpons will retain majority control. The press release says it’s being done “to address the air of uncertainty created by” the lawsuit against them by the trustee in the Madoff bankruptcy.