Angel Pagan's Off-Field Activities Becoming A Concern For Mets

The bright side of the injury to Carlos Beltran is that it has allowed Angel Pagan to blossom in center field for the Mets.  Once thought of as little more than a utility player, Pagan is showing that he has what it takes to be an everyday player at the Major League level. 

With this new found success, Pagan has become a darling of the fans and has taken a bigger role in the clubhouse, most recently putting himself in charge of post-game pie celebrations.  His teammates mostly seem happy for him, but Mets management is taking a more cautious approach.

While he is happy to see Pagan succeed, Jerry Manuel understands the pitfalls of that success.  "I think what you have here is a guy who is going to have a lot of doors opening for him and it's very easy for the guy to make bad decisions if you're not careful.", Manuel told the Apple.  "We're gonna watch him closely but I'm not overly worried.  He's a special talent."

Team VP Dave Howard is a little more concerned.  "The cookbook worries me.  We have a long season to play and we need his concentration on the game.", says Howard.  "Some of the rumors are starting to worry me.  I can see it becoming a distraction down the road."

The book in question is Pagan's soon to be released cookbook "The Pie Man", co-produced by Rachael Ray.  Ray has taken an interest in the Mets center fielder and plans to base an entire series on Food Network around his various pie recipes.  More recently however, rumors have begun to surface that the two are romantically involved though the publicist for the married talk show host was quick to deny it when The Apple brought up the issue.

For the Mets, who are already involved in a legal dispute over the use of cream pies, it will be a situation they will continue to monitor closely.  

"The Pie Man" arrives on bookstore shelves on June 22 with the accompanying TV show on schedule for a September debut.

All articles featured on The Apple are fictitious. No Mets were harmed in the writing of this story.

Yankees File Lawsuit Against Mets/Davis Over Cream Pie Infringement

Yesterday afternoon, New York Yankees President Randy Levine held a press conference at Yankee Stadium to announce that the Yankees organization is filing suit against the Mets and several other organizations for illegally using cream pies.

The suit contends that the Yankees invented the cream pie in 2009 and any team wishing to use it must first obtain permission from the Yankees as well as pay royalties to the team.

For those unfamiliar with the situation, allow us to summarize.  In 2009, the Yankees discovered emotion.  For an organization that had long lived under the iron fist of a brutal dictator this was a new thing.  The cream pie, an age old tradition, became a Yankees staple as it was all new to them.

Randy Levine explains, "I don't care what the history books say.  It is very clear that the Yankees invented the cream pie, I don't think that can ever be disputed.  What we need to figure out here is what kind of compensation we are entitled to by other teams like the Mets."  Levine went on to single out Mets rookie Ike Davis.  "The Davis kid is by far the worst offender.  Shaving cream.  Whipped cream. This kid has already twice flaunted this in our face.  We cannot allow that to go on."

Levine went on for a while but we lost interest.  We're pretty sure it went something like his.  "Blah, blah, blah...proud tradition...blah, blah, blah...27 championships...blah, blah, blah...Mohegan Sun...blah, blah, blah...seat available between the bases."

While the case will likely be bogged down in legal red tape for a while, the Yankees will ironically be in court today for their other pending lawsuit against the Doubleday estate which claims that the Yankees, along with Babe Ruth, actually invented baseball and not Abner Doubleday or any of the other men who have been credited.

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