Topic: New York Mets

Mets place All-Star shortstop Reyes on disabled list

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mets All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring, the Major League Baseball club said on Thursday.The four-time All-Star sustained the injury running to first base in the ...

Yankees draw first blood in Subway Series

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The red-hot New York Yankees silenced a record crowd at the Mets' Citi Field with a 5-1 win over their cross-town rivals in the Subway Series opener on Friday.A boisterous crowd of just over 42,000 watched the Yankees ...

We didn't shop for Madoff Ponzi insurance: NY Mets

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Owners of the New York Mets pro baseball team rejected allegations in a $1 billion lawsuit that they once shopped for fraud insurance to insulate themselves from Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff.Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, principals at Sterling ...

NY Mets: We didn't shop for Madoff Ponzi insurance

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Owners of the New York Mets pro baseball team rejected allegations in a $1 billion lawsuit that they once shopped for fraud insurance to insulate themselves from Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff.Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, principals at Sterling ...

Lenny Dykstra pleads innocent in L.A. car theft case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded innocent on Thursday to 25 criminal counts stemming from what prosecutors say was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information.Dykstra, who was indicted by a federal ...
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Ex-Mets star Dykstra pleads not guilty in fraud case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty to bankruptcy fraud charges on Monday and was ordered to stand trial on August 9.Dykstra, best known for helping the Mets win the 1986 World Series, was indicted ...

Ex-Mets star Dykstra charged with grand theft auto

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ex-baseball star Lenny Dykstra, already facing federal bankruptcy fraud charges, was charged in a state case on Monday with trying to lease cars using phony business and credit information.Dykstra, best known for his post-season heroics for the New ...

Nine US baseball clubs in debt trouble: report

Nine of Major League Baseball's 30 clubs are not in compliance with debt rules despite the elite level of the American pastime making $7 billion in annual revenues, the Los Angeles Times reported.The newspaper, citing unnamed sources familiar with a confidential briefing ...

Einhorn may become majority owner of Mets: reports

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who is in talks to buy a large minority stake in the New York Mets, could become a principal owner of the baseball team in three years, the New York Times and ESPNNewYork.com reported ...