eMailbag: Why am I Hearing from Tony B
Lew recently asked the following question in the comment’s section of this site:
“How come every time I look at an article or comment the past two weeks Tony Bernazard’s name is in it?”
Bernazard is the Vice President of Development for the Mets and serves under Omar Minaya.
Minaya does not travel with the team on every trip.
In fact, the high-ranking official slot tends to rotate from trip to trip, sometimes it is Minaya, sometimes it is John Ricco, and other times, like in Philadelphia and Milwaukee, it is Bernazard.
Speaking of Bernazard, he had the following to say about the impressive second half from Carlos Delgado, as quoted by John Harper in the Daily News:
“The other thing is that, maybe it has something to do with the new people running the team…You have to have the pulse of the team. You have to be prepared and you have to communicate with your players. Jerry does all of that…Delgado is such a student of the game. If you’re running a good game, he knows. When you’re running a bad game, he knows.”
…way to be subtle, tony…
In the article, which is a ‘must read,’ Delgado insists that he did not have a problem with Willie Randolph, although, as Harper writes, ‘he did acknowledge that the post-firing atmosphere under Manuel has been good for everyone.’
…from what i can gather, delgado’s turn-around may have less to do with his opinion and emotional reaction to willie, and most everything to do with how Jerry Manuel communicates and challenges delgado, and solicited his help in the team’s fight…either way, it’s working…
