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Mets Reportedly Received $20 Million in Aid From Major League Baseball

The New York Mets have received a minimum of $20 million in assistance from Major League Baseball as they continue to fight a lawsuit brought against them by victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, according to a report in the New York Times. Irving H. Picard, the trustee of the victims in the suit, is seeking close to...

Wilpons Plan to Keep Control of Mets

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- With the New York Mets under pressure because of a lawsuit and searching for investors, Jeff Wilpon insisted on the eve of spring training that his family won't give up control of the team. Owner Fred Wilpon and son Jeff, the team's chief operating officer, said Jan. 28 they were exploring...

Bernie Madoff Interview: Were the Banks and the Mets' Owners in the Know?

What did the banks know? In Bernard Madoff's recent interview with a New York Times journalist -- the first interview he's granted from prison -- the Ponzi-schemer says that the banks "had to know" he was presiding over an enormous fraud. The accusatory statement is reverberating around the Internet today. What's...

Madoff: Mets Owners 'Knew Nothing' of Ponzi Scheme

The Mets' ownership group was unaware of the massive Ponzi scheme being run by Bernie Madoff, the disgraced financier said in an interview from prison. Madoff told The New York Times that Fred Wilpon and partner Saul Katz "knew nothing" of the fraud, which cost investors billions. Trustee Irving Picard has filed...

Donald Trump Weighing Investment in Mets

NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump is thinking about investing in the New York Mets. The New York real estate owner with a flair for publicity said Wednesday he wants to help Mets owner Fred Wilpon. Wilpon is under pressure from a lawsuit from the trustee trying to recover money for the victims of the Bernard Madoff...

Fred Wilpon News From the Web

05/18/12 Wilpon, N.Y. City To Redevelop Area Near Citi Field Source: Sports Business Journal A new deal between N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration and a group of developers including Mets Owner Fred Wilpon and team President Saul Katz "calls for the remediation and redevelopment of a 20-acre area of the blighted Willets Point neighborhood next to Citi Field,&rdquo...
05/17/12 Wilpon, Mets thrilled to be hosting All-Star Game Source: Fairfield Citizen-News - Fairfield CT City Hall in New York was abuzz Wednesday morning with the announcement that the Mets would be hosting the 2013 All-Star Game. The press conference was a gathering of important men: baseball Commissioner Bud Selig , Mets owner Fred Wilpon, team COO Jeff Wilpon and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg , among others.
05/17/12 David Wright: Five MLB Stars You'd Most Want to Marry... Source: Bleacher Report Fred Wilpon has never been afraid to speak his mind about the players on his team.
05/17/12 Life so much better for Wilpon, he now calls Wright a... Source: New York Post - New York NY This was playful Fred Wilpon, a side of the Mets' principal owner we see actually quite often.
05/16/12 MLB announces New York Mets as 2013 All-Star Game host Source: The Patriot-News - Harrisburg PA Mr. Met stood near the podium with baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, Mets owner Fred Wilpon and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Background on Fred Wilpon

Fred Wilpon (born November 22, 1936 Bensonhurst, Brooklyn) is a real estate developer, baseball executive and the majority owner of the New York Mets.

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