Sports this 'n' that

If you believe local sports anchor/radio talk host Rodger Wyland in the Albany Times-Union, the Boston Red Sox flushed their chances of getting back to the postseason this year by dealing away two of their best players, pitcher David Price and outfielder Mookie Betts, to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Betts, who moonlights as a PBA bowler in the offseason, is set to be a free agent after this season, and Wyland claimed he thought Betts could command a $400 million dollar contract on the open market. Someone check and see if Scott "20 Mule Team" Boras is Betts' agent. Probably is.

The Dodgers, to make room for Betts, shipped Joc Pederson off to the Angels. Kenta Maeda went in the three way deal, and goes to Minnesota to bolster their rotation, as scary as that could be.

For a team that doesn't have a new GM in place yet, and spring training fast approaching, the Sawx will contend, but fall short. Penance, you know.
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The father & son team of Fred & Jeff Wilpon screwed the Mets' fan base by deciding that Jeff just had to be involved in the team's operations, regardless of who the majority owner is.

That's why hedge fund mogul Steve Cohen backed out of the deal to buy the team. Oh, the Mets still will be sold, but Jeff Wilpon just can't let himself go from the franchise. Try therapy, Jeff. It's good for you.

The Wilpons have behaved like the 2nd coming of the Paysons and M. Donald Grant ever since the late Nelson Doubleday sold his interest in the team. Hard as it is to believe, but you'd be better off as a Yankee fan now. The Steinbrenner brothers are choir boys compared to the clowns currently running the Mets.
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And, then, there is James Dolan.

First, Dolan dumped Knicks president Steve Mills earlier this week, and decided that what seemed to work for the Mets could work for him, too.

Thursday, Dolan hired player agent Leon Rose, who will bring along with him another leech, William "World Wide Wes" Wesley, oblivious to the fact that after 2 seasons as GM of the Mets, agent-turned-executive Brodie Van Wagenen has lost the respect of the fan base.

On ESPN's First Take today, Max Kellerman, no fan of Dolan, took issue with Dolan trying to spin his way through the week's activities.



Dolan comes from the Donald Trump School of Alternative Facts, obviously. Stephen A. Smith was at a remote location somewhere instead of in the studio, which might be just as well, because in all probability, Kellerman would've roasted him for the zillionth time. Dolan really doesn't care about the Knicks' fan base. If he did, he wouldn't pick fights with fans and former players, such as Charles Oakley. He's also thin skinned, like President Teflon, and forgets the Knicks' successes in the 90's were under the stewardship of his father, cable mogul Charles Dolan, who was also in charge of the Rangers when they won their last Stanley Cup in 1994. Former Ranger player & broadcaster John Davidson is now the team's president, and Dolan wants to take credit for that, too. He rarely discusses Ranger business, does Dumbass Dolan..
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Speaking of ESPN and the Mets, Jessica Mendoza is leaving the Sunday Night Baseball booth, but will continue to work for the network. She's also leaving her position with the Mets. The timing of the latter decision coincides with media reports that Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred was said to be concerned about possible conflicts of interest involving Mendoza and former pitcher Pedro Martinez, who is a commentator for MLB Network while also drawing a paycheck from the Red Sox.

Five'll get you ten that ESPN, for a sweeps stunt, will have Alex Rodriguez joined in the booth by his honey, singer-actress Jennifer Lopez, this season. After the negative press that J-Lo & Shakira got for their Super Bowl halftime show, spin doctoring might be in her future......