Well, all teams in all leagues are run as businesses because that’s what they are. They aren’t public utilities. The commissioners of the various sports are essentially CEOs. Of course, the line is blurred substantially when teams take public funds to build new stadiums, especially when they then fail to invest in the team.

If they want to come back for a discount, then I’m ecstatic. But if they leave for bigger bucks, then so long, and thanks for all the fish.

Haven’t yet been to Citi Field & I can’t exactly say how things’ll be in September, but I’ve never been unable to get a Mets ticket to a regular-season game I wanted to attend.

The scalper scene will totally depend on the Mets’ fortunes at the moment. If it’s a spur-of-the-moment thing, just check the internet the day before the game, if you can. I’ll bet you get something decent.

And if you’re in the area, give us a holler.

Does this make any grammatical sense? How do you “exile him from” someplace? Don’t you exile some “to” someplace”

And, does it really take the same time to get to Phoenix from Atlanta and Houston? Isn’t Houston west of Atlanta?

I don’t see the big deal about all this. Hampton left for whatever reason; people are unhappy because the Braves “stuck by him” and he spurned them. But teams get rid of players all the time with no regard to loyalty; there is no reason to expect loyalty on either side. He went where he wanted to play and, obviously he didn’t do it for the money. Remember, for all the money the Braves paid the last three years of the contract, they got a bargain the first few years when other teams were paying most of his salary (and Hampton was productive).

It was funny though when Hampton was talking about how it wouldn’t be any different than when he came back to New York, Colorado, and other places he pitched. He seems to be making a booing tour of the NL.

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090430&content_id=4503474&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl