“The Mets are a storied franchise, if you will,” Alderson said. and earned a law degree from Harvard, has long chafed at the Mets’ reputation for comedic chaos and unforced errors. In Cohen, Alderson said, he found an owner who could restore respectability and shed the well-earned label for slapstick. As an initial good-will gesture last week, Cohen restored the pre-pandemic salaries of all Mets employees, reversing the 5 to 30 percent pay cuts implemented in March. Had Cohen been in place, Alderson said, the Mets might have made the $10 million claim.

Source: New York Times November 10, 2020 23:26 UTC