Hot Topics: MLB NFL NBA baseball New York Yankees ESPN steroids Boston Red Sox Chicago Cubs NCAA football

Main Menu

Home	About
Features	Submit
Facebook	MySpace
Friends	NSR
Contact	Mad-Libs
Archives	Gallery
Sponsors	Advertise
Subscribe	Jobs
SCNN	Twitter!
Free picks!

Go to Vividseats.com to get all hard-to-find Sports Tickets, including all NCAA Football Tickets , Basketball Tickets , Baseball Tickets , College Basketball Tickets , Tennis Tickets , PGA Tickets, NASCAR Tickets, NFL Tickets , and Super Bowl Tickets.

Get free NFL picks from PicksNFL.com
Wunderdog Sports is your source for football picks Get free football picks at TopTenCappers.com

Check out EnglishHarbour Network, the best and trusted online casino providing the online slots, table games and other casino games. Visit us for the best online gambling experience and great casino bonuses.

Cheap Sports Tickets
14 major suppliers
mega major $$$ deals
... Sports Ticket Depot.

TOUTHOUSE.COM
NFL Betting Predictions, Free NFL Picks and Current Football Odds

Brett Favre |New Curse

Ticket Solutions
Sports Tickets
NFL
Baseball
Super Bowl
World Series
NCAA Tournament

See the DC United Playoffs with MLS tickets. All your other favorite sports events tickets are also at RazorGator.

Cheap Premium Tickets.com
Get tickets to your favorite sporting events including New York Giants tickets, Pittsburgh Steelers tickets, Detroit Red Wings tickets, Los Angeles Lakers tickets, San Francisco Giants tickets and more.

News Item

Minaya focusing on fantasy team more than Mets

Minaya has more important things to worry about than the Mets

NEW YORK, NY — Whether the New York Mets are willing to admit it or not, Aaron Heilman is unavailable.

That is the report that is circulating through the league as Thursday’s trading deadline approaches. However, it may not be for the reasons one might think.

Instead of the Mets deciding that they are good enough to win it all already, the decision is actually being made based on GM Omar Minaya spending all of his time managing his own fantasy team instead of worrying about New York’s National League franchise.

“I haven’t been able to reach Omar in about two weeks,” said Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein. “At first I thought maybe he was on vacation, but then I heard he’s just in a dogfight for second place in his keeper league, and that he doesn’t want to blow it.”

Strangely enough, Minaya confirmed the rumors.

Follow SSNN on Twitter

This week only! Get 1/2 off any of Doc’s Sports Picks services when using the code TA105. Call 1-866-238-6696 for details.

Visit SSNN on Facebook

“It’s true,” the gregarious Mets GM admitted to SSNN. “I am very close to finishing in the money in my league, and I really need to focus on it before the trading deadline. Hindsight being 20-20 and all, we probably should have scheduled the trade deadline to be different than the MLB deadline. But, hey – you live and learn, right?”

Minaya estimates that he is sending about 80 emails a day regarding trades in his fantasy league, with about 40 follow-up phone calls. On the other hand, he is averaging about three Mets-related emails and one Mets-related phone call.

“Mostly the Mets stuff is admin stuff – making sure that I am going to get paid, stuff like that. Nothing major,” Minaya said. “But don’t worry, this is a temporary thing. Mets fans can relax – I will be back on the ball on Friday.”

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our newsletter or RSS feed and get hilarious sports news every day. Thanks for visiting!

Labels: Aaron Heilman, baseball, Boston Red Sox, fantasy baseball, MLB, National League, New York Mets, Omar Minaya, Theo Epstein, trades, trading deadline

Posted on July 29th, 2008

Got a headline idea? Click here to submit it... and be sure to visit our Facebook page!

Other Related News Items

Mets trade for Santana (December 1, 2007)
Mets decide against Buehrle trade (June 27, 2007)
Mets chairman denies involvement with team (June 19, 2008)
Mets set booing records during Sunday doubleheader (June 16, 2008)

Link To This Post

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment on this story below...

Search Our Site

Subscribe to SSNN's Newsletter

Check Out These Classics

Multimedia News

Vertical Soccer

It’s going to be tough for this sport to sweep any nations, but it’s still pretty frickin’ cool!

View Multimedia Archives...

Photo Gallery

Visit our Gallery for a full listing of images...

News In Brief

Get Free Sports Picks from: Doc - A 36 year veteran Robert Ferringo Strike Point Sports Allen Eastman Vegas Sports Informer

Want CHEAP sports tickets? From NASCAR tickets to WWE tickets, or Red Sox tickets, Final Four tickets to discount Super Bowl tickets, find great deals on all kinds of event tickets here.

Sports fans may not always be serious about their news, but they're serious about their tickets. For NBA Playoffs tickets or Raptors tickets in Toronto, or Cowboys tickets online, CTC has a serious selection of the best sports tickets on the web. Get NY Giants tickets and sold out Super Bowl tickets too!

Pickspal.com
Football Picks
College Football Picks

MTC Tickets
Sold Out Events Tickets
Justin Timberlake Tour
American Idol Seats
Broadway Theater Tickets
Sold Out Sports Tickets
Hot Concert Tickets
March Madness Tickets

Golf is at its finest with Masters Tickets, while other historically important Sports Tickets like the Kentucky Derby Packages, and NFL Super Bowl Tickets are always hard to come by!