By: Mack Ade
I’m really not sure what I feel about
all this. Frankly, the only reason I’m writing this is because I have run out
of subjects to bark about before ST opens.
Regulars of MMs know how much I
dislike beat reporters sharing stale one-liners on Twitter. I’m old school.
They are paid to write about sports, not tryout for SNL.
I would be really upset if Mr.
Alderson’s twitter time was interfering with him signing a player that could
help this team, but that’s not going to happen. The Mets have accomplished the
goal of reducing the payroll to a level that gives them a fighting chance to
break even in 2012.
Remember, I did “work-out” jobs for a
living. This is the correct first step in turning around an underwater business.
It’s called “stop the bleeding”.
The other thing is we’re only talking
(at time of writing this) about eight tweets. Adam Rubin does that in one
bathroom break. Alderson hasn’t gone crazy about the world; the world has gone
crazy about Alderson.
What I AM upset about is the fact
that Anderson chooses to “follow” only the beat guys instead of some of us
independent bloggers. Joe D over at
Metsmeried borrowed MMs concept of asking a group of important Mets blogs what
they thought of Alderson’s tweeting and the answers were mixed (no, I wasn’t
invited).
What I would caution Mr. Alderson (I
can’t call him Sandy because we have never met, talked, texted, or tweeted) on
is making jokes about the financial situation he currently is pulling a
paycheck from. You shouldn’t make jokes
about people with larger offices than yours.
Anything can happen this year. Think Victor Cruz and Jeremy
Lin.
Me? I would concentrate on running
the Mets rather than running the mouth.
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