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MLB: Hamels ready for marquee matchup with Santana
Published 4/18/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB: Hamels ready for marquee matchup with Santana The Mets landed Santana in the offseason, putting two of the game’s best left-handers in the same division, and in the center of a passionate rivalry. “[Santana is] someone I followed for the past couple years and when I was in high school,” said Hamels. “When I played fantasy baseball, I wanted him on my team because he’d get tons of points. He stays healthy and puts up great numbers. That’s somebody you definitely aspire to be. Now that he’s in the [National] League, it makes it more entertaining for the fans with the rivalry ...

Fred Wilpon? Brilliant.
Published 4/18/2008 by mr. met at the metropolitans
More Forbes fun. The New York Mets were second at $824 million and the Boston Red Sox third at $816 million, the magazine said Wednesday. After that, there was a big gap to the Los Angeles Dodgers ($694 million) and the Chicago Cubs ($642 million). Suck on it Boston! We're #2! We're #2! The Yankees were listed by Forbes as having $327 million in revenue last year and a $47.3 million operating loss, up from a $25.2 million loss on revenue of $302 million the previous year. Forbes' revenue figure is after deducting revenue sharing payments, which the Yankees estimate at about $92 million. The team also paid approximately $24 million in luxury tax, which is reflected in ...