Alex Rodriguez wasn’t kidding when he told Jimmy Fallon that he was interested in buying the New York Mets.
The former slugger who spent part of his career in the Bronx with the Yankees and his fiancee, Jennifer Lopez, reportedly want to bring their hyphens and star power to Major League Baseball’s owners circle and have retained JPMorgan Chase to raise capital for a possible bid, unnamed sources told Variety. None of the parties involved has commented on the matter, but A-Rod tipped his hand last month.
“I will say this, if the opportunity [to buy the Mets] came up, I would certainly look at it,” A-Rod said in a March appearance on “The Tonight Show.