News: Mets Statement on Tony Bernazard
Update, 6:22 pm:
Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post reports on another incident involving Bernazard, during which he exchanged words on the team bus last week in Atlanta with Francisco Rodriguez.
Hubbuch quotes an anonymous player as saying, “That guy is crazy.”
By the way, to see video of Minaya’s ‘statement,’ click here.
Update, 4:59 pm:
Omar Minaya talked to reporters and basically said the team will continue to investigate reports of Bernazard’s conduct.
In fact, he said the word ‘investigate’ 11 times in five minutes.
…that’s it… that’s all he said… the way i heard it is, had the report not surfaced, we most certainly never would have heard of this, and he certainly would not be investigating it… this, to me, is unacceptable… how does he not know what is going on in his own minor league system… and, if he did, and ignored this, what does that say… ugh… either way, this is not good… i suspect he’s on watch, along with everyone else in his administration…
He said his plan all along was to visit the team in DC today, followed by a trip through the minor league system next week.
Minaya said he would prefer to be working on improving the team, noting the Mets will not be sellers considering they are 6.5 games back of the Wild Card in the National League.
The Pope of Baseball, Peter Gammons, from ESPN.com, said earlier, “Everyone knows Tony Bernazard is Jeff Wilpon’s guy. So what does that say? Feeding fraud trade offer stories? Embarrassment born, not made.”
Update, 3:39 pm:
According to Brian Costa of the Star-Ledger, Minaya will arrive to Nationals Park around 4:30 pm, after which he will speak with reporters and address the allegations against Tony Bernazard.
…hey, brian, do they sell peanuts at this circus…
…so, i’m guessing this means SNY will not be airing the press conference until around 5:15 pm…
Update, 2:53 pm:
David Lennon of Newsday explains why Minaya may be working to keep Bernazard from being fired.
…the worst part of lennon’s report is that he’s referred to as, ‘Shirtless Mets VP,’ which is sad and hilarious at the same time…
Update, 2:38 pm:
In a post to Twitter, Yankees reporter Peter Abraham of the Journal News jokingly writes, “If you don’t read my blog I’ll have Tony Bernazard kick all your asses. And he can do it.”
…lovely… just lovely…
Omar Minaya will speak with reporters today at 3:30 pm.
Original Post, 2:00 pm:
The Mets issued the following statement, in regards to Adam Rubin’s report about Tony Bernazard in today’s Daily News:
“We take these reports seriously and are investigating the matter.”
…this is getting out of hand, it seems…
…here’s the thing, you’d think it would be Omar Minaya’s decision to fire bernazard, assuming he should go… however, from what people are saying, bernazard and Jeff Wilpon have a pretty strong relationship these days, or, that is, at least stronger than wilpon’s connection to minaya… the thing is, minaya is supposed to be the GM, he’s supposed to be the leader… i will be interested to see how this all plays out, as it should give a clue in to the future direction of this team…
…in the end, i don’t know who is undermining whom, or who has what motives and why, but i do know this is obnoxious… really, it is… if i wanted to watch a soap opera i’d put on Days of our Lives…
…come on, guys, get it together…and play better baseball, too…
