Category: mets

I will refer you to other blogs for this topic, but Adam Rubin has posted, “The judge in the Mets/Madoff victims trial ruled in favor of the Mets on Tuesday, which means at the moment, the Mets owners will only be able to lose $386M at trial. However, this could change, because Irving H. Picard could still appeal the amount again after the trial.”

So go read ESPN New York or your other favorite sites for $ news while I keep wondering if it’s possible to pick up women in a green Mets jacket.

And enjoy Jeff Wilpon for the next 30 years like I’ve been telling you. And David Wright isn’t going anywhere. Choose baseball.

I made a friend today in Lone Star Ball, and they were kind enough to alert me to this post in which Josh Lewin said goodbye to Rangers fans.  If you read the full article it seems Josh is/was on twitter which is good…

Sometimes relationships just run their course, and it really is as simple as that in this situation.  I still love the Rangers organization, and hope they still like me as well… but with different visions of what the broadcast landscape should look like, this really is the best for all concerned.

via goodbye and a heartfelt thank u from josh lewin – Lone Star Ball.

And this other article suggests that Howie and Josh might make quite an entertaining pair.  I’m ok with distractions during blowouts.

As the Rangers’ TV voice Lewin was always prepared and consistently a fun listen. He rubbed some of the old-school seamheads – like, ahem, team president Nolan Ryan – the wrong way because he too often filled 10-1 blowouts with Seinfeld over the staid intricacies of baseball nostalgia. (via dallas observer)

Adam Rubin linked to this article this morning in his twitter feed, and it’s an interesting read including the below…words are from Dallasnews.com news not Rubin.

I used the phrase “canceling Lewin” for a reason: Because Lewin sometimes seemed more like a TV variety show host than a play-by-play voice. Sometimes it seemed as if he were spending as much time surfing the Internet for material as he spent watching the game in front of him. Some viewers loved him for that, especially in the dog days of most Rangers summers. Others could never get used to the shtick. He was a lightning rod.

via Horn: Announcement timing strange in Rangers’ decision to cut ties with Josh Lewin | Texas Rangers News – Sports News for Dallas, Texas – SportsDayDFW.

Reports have Josh Lewin as the top candidate to replace Wayne Hagin as Howie’s partner.

I was completely dreading listening to one of the other candidates so I’ll take this as good news. I’m under-familiar with Mr. Lewin’s work so I’ll abstain from commenting further.