An old friend, or should I say nemesis, reappeared this week without much fanfare. Perhaps it was because his former team was in the midst of a 9-1 home stand. Maybe it’s because everyone is glad he is gone. What I do know is former Mets executive Tony Bernazard, who told Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal […]
In a week dominated by Super Bowl coverage, Cliff Floyd gave us some interesting baseball tidbits. If you haven’t listened yet, you should download his live interview with WFAN’s Mike Francesa. First, this really is a game of inches. Talking about the infamous Game 7 against St. Louis, Cliff pointed out how he “just missed” […]
Mike Newman of Scouting the Sally does a great analysis, along with video, of Mets prospect Wilmer Flores. Flores has been compared, at times, to Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera. If you read Newman’s detailed report, there are many red flags about his game. In addition to serious mechanical flaws with his swing, it appears there […]
I didn’t have a chance to watch Omar Minaya on “Mets Hot Stove” this past Thursday, but the blogosphere did a great job recapping the conversation. As always, host Kevin Burkhardt asked the right questions, and didn’t shy away from delving into the difficult territory. The best part, for me, was when Burkhardt followed up […]
During the summer I was talking to a league source that believed one of Omar Minaya’s biggest failures was that he ignored some of the good baseball people in the Mets organization. One of those people was Sandy Johnson who originally was brought in to mentor Minaya in 2004. I was told that Johnson had […]
So Tony Bernazard is about to join the Scott Boras Corporation. Apparently Boras is going to elicit Bernazard’s help in stealing Latin clients away from the competition. Knowing Bernazard’s history of how he poisoned the Mets organization I wonder if he will do the same with Boras clients that are interested in playing in Queens. I […]
Just how do the Mets recover from 2009’s season to forget, a 70-92 debacle that has many of their fans indeed doing that, thinking of the Jets these days. Pundits will tell you the club needs this, that and the other thing, but the Mets are in the shape they are in partially because of […]
Let’s play a game for a minute. How would you like your boss conducting business with your assistant for a week? Better yet, how about this trip is scheduled just a few weeks after you publicly embarrassed your company? Wait, there is one more: rumors are swirling of that assistant being next in line for […]
It’s time to move past the stories about former Mets executive Tony Bernazard. The Mets have yet to announce who will take Bernazard’s place and rebuild their farm system. I believe the answer is their former second baseman Wally Backman. Backman was fired after a year and a half of managing the Joliet Jackhammers in […]
The Morning Digest returns after a short hiatus for the trade deadline. I know you all are awaiting with abated breath so here we go. - This from Tyler Kepner - Some Yanks losses on Fox Saturday Baseball this year: 22-4, 16-11, 14-8, 14-4. - Will Musto, formerly of the site Shea Baseball, has started […]
via Ed Coleman’s WFAN Blog Here’s what happened and what triggered the outburst that stunned everyone. The press conference start time floated, as, it always seems, everything Met-related does - it was 3:00, then 3:30, then 3:45. The SNY Network - killing time - put Rubin on prior to Minaya’s appearance. Meanwhile, Minaya was watching, […]
Yesterday Jeff Wilpon, after being invisible for nearly a week, finally acted like the CEO of a multimillion dollar organization. He was clear, concise, coherent, and truthful with his remarks. Obviously the late night conference call after the Monday’s game, led to something positive. The problem going forward is that Omar Minaya, a scout in […]
- The Yankees win again and no one is talking about it. During his heyday, former talk show host Bob Grant use to call them the New York “Inevitable’s”. This was in reference to his disdain for the team interrupting his broadcast. These days you get the feeling that you can turn off the TV […]
Hear Howard Megdal and I return for a special edition of the show. We will recap the crazy day at Citi Field and provide perspective on the Adam Rubin/Omar Minaya situation. Hear us talk about how this impacts the future of the organization and I will give you reasons why Omar Minaya should be fired. […]
You had to watch the Omar Minaya press conference today to believe what you were hearing. I expected the usual: sloppy English, empty bromides, and repetitive phrases. What I didn’t expect was Omar Minaya to turn Adam Rubin into the story. Can you really be surprised? The Mets, as Joel Sherman pointed out earlier today, […]
