MLB mystery: Why did Mets CEO ‘like’ Royals blogger’s tweet critical of league owners?
Before Wednesday, Mets owner/CO Steve Cohen had last written a Twitter message on New Year’s Eve. He had liked just one tweet since Nov. 20.
But as the MLB negotiations for a new collective-bargaining agreement with the players’ union dragged on Wednesday, Cohen liked a tweet from an unlikely source.
David Lesky, who runs the “Inside the Crown” newsletter, made a critical comment about MLB owners when he tweeted: “Maybe I’m way off here but I don’t think MLB would ever accept an offer from the MLBPA. They want to have the upper hand. They want their offer accepted or denied.”
Much to his surprise, Lesky noticed Cohen liked the tweet and shared the news on Twitter. Others soon took screenshots of the Mets owner liking a tweet critical of other owners.
Lesky tweeted a photo, too, and it has had nearly a thousand likes — but not by Cohen this time.
“It blew up fast,” Lesky said in a message to The Star. “They were talking about it on ‘Loud Outs’ on MLBN Radio, too. I think if you look at the reports of what happened with the players proposing what (commissioner Rob) Manfred proposed and the owners turning it down, it pretty much confirms it all.”
Cohen swears it was an accident.
Judging by the responses to Cohen’s tweet, many people were not buying his explanation.
One could believe Cohen didn’t mean to like the tweet if, say, he followed Lesky on Twitter. But, unsurprisingly, that’s not the case.
“I’m super curious how he even saw the tweet,” Lesky said. “It didn’t mention his name and it wasn’t retweeted by anyone big yet.
“But here we are.”
Did Cohen’s finger slip? Or was he upset with his fellow owners? It’s a mystery, and one we may not solve anytime soon.
