In the New York Post, Ken Davidoff does an outstanding job detailing the process -- from start to finish -- that brought Jose Reyes back to the Mets this past summer.
It involved a key meeting on June 23 between Reyes, his agent, Peter Greenberg, and Sandy Alderson at Alderson's home in Manhattan, which led to a phone call with Fred Wilpon. "And if the Mets had not come away from that meeting convinced they should sign Reyes, they might not be hosting the Giants on Wednesday night in the National League Wild Card Game," Davidoff explains.