Wow! Now even the guys who were supposed to save the Mets are dirty.

According to Heyman David Einhorn & firm were fined $11M by UK authorities for trading on insider info.

Could you imagine the jokes that would ensue if Wilpon and the Mets were now legally tied to Einhorn? 

One has to wonder if the Wilpons caught wind of this and walked away from the deal. I doubt the Wilponzis would be savvy enough to learn of Einhorns dirt but maybe MLB uncovered something and the deal was killed.

Admittedly I don’t know the details but if fines were levied there must have been an investigation going on for a while, right? I mean you don’t just hit someone with an 11 M fine without some serious due dilligence.

BMF had to smile when I saw Beltran’s quote over on MetsBlog

“What happened in 2006, you have to turn the page.  That’s over.  We can’t bring 2006 back to 2012. It has been six years. If they want to continue to think about that moment, then that’s their problem.  Like I said, I have turned the page. I have really moved on.”

It’s so preposterous that some Met fans held that moment against Beltran for all these years. 

Holding that moment against Beltran  is a symbol of what’s wrong with the Mets. We suffer self inflicted wounds on every level of the organization.

First the owner’s meddling son poisons the front office, then all of the money vanishes when Wilpon finds himself in his second ponzi scheme in a decade.

The Asst GM challenges minor leaguers to a fist fight and  GM’s have been known to verbally attack 

And often the fans are no better. We pick a target, zero in on him until we ruin his career or run him out of town whichever comes first.  (Luis Castillo)

I realize Beltran was frustrating at times but I guarantee you we miss him this summer.

This Jets fan couldn’t be happier to see the G-Men headed to the Super Bowl once again ready to slay the evil Patriots.

IMO there is NO WAY IN HELL the 49ers were beating Brady and Belichick. 

Hopefully ANOTHER NFC Championship will help quiet those Giant fans who love to hate Tom Coughlin. Bitch and whine all you want but after 2 Super Bowl appearances in 4 years I don’t want to hear ANY COMPLAINING about your head Coach.

There’s something about Cody Ross. I never give the guy any credit - especially in fantasy drafts - but almost without fail everytime I see him bat he does damage.

When I caught wind the Mets may be after Ross I had the same reaction, initially “why would we want that guy” before “y’know I could see him delivering some big hits and earning a full time role in the OF. A Jose Valentin if you will.

So even though I’m surprised to hear myself say it - I fully endorse a Ross signing.

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Meanwhile BMF’s new TV show premieres tonite.

“City Hardwood” on NYCLife Ch 25 on all systems except Cablevision where it’s Ch 22 (because Cablevision always has to be difficult

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Anyway it’s a docuseries on Lincoln High School Varsity basketball team on it’s quest to be NYC Champions.

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Go Big Blue! 

In the spirit of the Google and Wiki 24 hour shutdown in protest of United States’ bills aimed at curbing web piracy… BMF will symbolically dedicate this day to a BLACKOUT in protest of the sinking ship that is the Wilpons tenuous ownership grip that is still killing the soul of this team.

Congratulations to RA who successfully climbed to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. How bad ass is that!?!

I never would’ve thought the old knuckleballer would accomplish the most impressive physical feat of the year. Then again who the Hell else on a baseball team is crazy enough to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro other than a knuckler.

Dickey has slowly but surely become one of Themistocles popular Mets. In fact he may be the second most liked player on the club right now.

Wright is still number one in fan’s hearts - no argument there but who aside from RA is tops in fans hearts? 

Reyes is gone. Beltran too. Ike Davis vanished thanks to the Met medical staff. Big Pelf has frustrated too many fans to be on top of this list.

Santana has been gone so long I question if he’ll ever come back. 

Jason Bay ? Ha! Who else is there? Tejada? Murphy? Parnell?

Seriously I think Dickey is the second most liked Met, probably closer to Wright than one would think.

Not bad for a guy who pulled himself off the scrap heap by learning the knuckle ball.