Owner Fred Wilpon says 'it's a championship season' for Mets

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Owner Fred Wilpon says 'it's a championship season' for Mets

PORT ST. LUCIE - Fred Wilpon, whose spring-training declarations usually teeter between vague and unambitious, this time offered a concrete, borderline Steinbrenneresque expectation.

 

After authorizing a $140 million payroll - a franchise record by roughly $20 million - the one-time author of "meaningful games in September" fully expects the Mets to be playing games in October. Make that late October.

 

"It's a championship season," said Wilpon, in unusually blunt terms, during an early afternoon address at the team's complex. "We expect to be in the playoffs, and deep into the playoffs. That's our expectation."

 

Full story: - February 20, 2008

[trainfan22 2,156]

As a met fan i think we have a good chance to win it all this year.We have the best pitcher in baseball.A good lineup and the NL is weak so i think that we have a pretty god chance.lets go METS!!!

[Robert Bosco 0]

Let's Go Mets...lookin forward to headin out to shea. (7x)

[R68 Subway Car 254]

Lets go Yankees!

[Pablo M 201 35]

If everyone does well, and stays healthy, then yeah, I'll admit the Mets have a very good chance getting far.

Thats coming from the general sense of baseball in me.