We can easily envision Fred Wilpon in the lavish confines of his Citi Field box, munching on his Shake Shack burger and complaining to Jeffrey Toobin of The New Yorker about the performance of his marquee players in relation to their reputations and remuneration.

From one suffering Mets fan to another (Toobin discloses his rooting interest in a newly published article), Wilpon’s comments come across like barfly banter during an extended interview while watching his slumping Mets lose to the Houston Astros in April.