Oh look! Baseball is at it again.
Like Buddy doesn't have enough to deal with (strike, racketeering lawsuit), he is now trying to close down a Mets fan site (probably because it is way better than the official one). On the eve of a strike where there probably won't be any more fans left, he is giving us a send off by closing down fan sites. Bud, they are the only fans you have left!

From the website,
It's also curious why Major League Baseball would find such fault with MetsOnline.net when it has been indirectly supporting the site for several years. Hoch, in fact, was afforded a job opportunity with the Mets during the 2000 season as a direct result of his efforts with MetsOnline.net. He spent that summer working as an unpaid volunteer to help upgrade and maintain Mets.com (prior to MLB's takeover of all 30 Major League sites before the 2001 season) all the while openly administering the "competing" MetsOnline.net.

Additionally, he has since received numerous press credentials to represent MetsOnline.net at New York Mets home games and other events, signifying not only the Mets' acceptance of the site as a legitimate media outlet but also their support for it.