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Built To Fail: Auditing Omar Minaya's Front Office
Earlier in the season, the fine folks here at Amazing Avenue renewed debate about Omar Minaya's failures, a good time-killer when waiting for Alex Cora's release. And while the discussion covered many familiar points, it also veered into relatively unchartered territory--speculation on the Mets'...
Bernazard's Ridiculous "Oppo" Plan
John Harper at the Daily News wrote about Tony Bernazard's organizational emphasis on hitting the ball to the opposite field, starting after the 2008 season. Before his firing, Bernazard was apparently so obsessed with players "going oppo" that he scolded them when they pulled the ball, even after...
Mets Movie Of The Week
Last week's off the field events had a movie-of-the-week feel. Surely ABC Family, the Hallmark Channel, or Lifetime could throw together a 2 hour dramatization of the Bernazard-Minaya-Rubin saga. Some title possibilities: The Pen Is Mightier Rubin Crosses The Rubicon Funnyball Spanglish Next...
Omar Minaya Has To Go
In his opening press conference with the Mets, Omar Minaya immediately expressed a desire to make the team "younger and more athletic." In his ad-hoc press conference with the Mets yesterday, Minaya said (and I'm paraphrasing) "Were' investigating it with an investigation...We're going to...
Tony Bernazard Is A Loose Cannon
Uncle Tony's at it again: The Binghamton Mets clubhouse nearly turned into a scene out of WWE Raw recently, when VP for player development Tony Bernazard removed his shirt and challenged the Double-A players to a fight during a postgame tirade, multiples sources told the Daily News. Bernazard...
Pressing The Panic Button
You know those Mets fans who post irrationally in forums, calling for Beltran's trade everytime he makes an error? Yea, turns out those people run the Mets: But while Mets people are all understandably thrilled to be in their comfy new confines, a slow start that has revealed weaknesses in the...
Oliver Perez Is SO Mature
When I checked on the starer market two weeks ago, I saw three distinct tiers of pitchers. Although I didn't explicitly rank them at the time, I will now, since none have signed. Top Tier 1. Derek Lowe (Risk: Low Skills: Great) 2. Ben Sheets (Risk: Medium Skills: Great). Middle Tier 3. Kenshin...
Thursday Applesauce
We've talked about Manny Ramirez a bit in this space lately, and I think the vast majority of us would be in favor of the Mets bringing him in on a three-year deal at aging superstar money (~$15-17 million per season). Well, you can count Wallace Matthews among those dissenting voices in the crowd....
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