The rumor, if true, would have broken New York Twitter. But, no luck, Metsies.
The rumor started Friday night. Ex-Net Mason Plumlee, an investor in the Alex Rodriguez-led effort to buy the Mets from the Wilpons, wrote on his personal site that Joe Tsai, already owner of the Nets, Liberty and Barclays Center, had joined the A-Rod group!!
In a statement about the status of the group’s bid, Plumlee wrote on masonplumee.com ...
“And spoiler alert: we’ve now got another billionaire sports owner in the mix as a partner — Joe Tsai — who brings our collective net worth to the top of the bid list.