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News: Mets fire Tony Bernazard

Omar Minaya officially announced that Tony Bernazard has been fired.
To watch Minaya’s comments, click here.

Quote: Scout Denies Tony B Story

Last week, in a report for the Daily News, Adam Rubin said Tony Bernazard was recently seen in the stands going into a profanity-laced tirade directed at the team’s manager of baseball operations, “which left witnesses in the section behind home plate aghast.”
However, today, Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus, on Twitter, writes, “Know that story about [...]

Quote: B-Mets say Bernazard Story Blown out of Proportion

In case you missed it, yesterday, in a report for the Daily News, Adam Rubin said Mets VP Tony Bernazard removed his shirt and challenged Double-A players to a fight during a recent ‘postgame tirade.’
This led to a day’s worth of blog posts, talk radio chatter, and a pre-game press conference from Omar Minaya, during which [...]

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 [...]

Read: What is Going on in the Front Office

In a must-read report for the Daily News, Adam Rubin says Mets VP Tony Bernazard removed his shirt and challenged the Double-A players to a fight during a recent ‘postgame tirade.’
According to Rubin, “alleged underage drinking on the team apparently was one motivation for the eruption,” all of which he confirmed through ‘multiples sources,’ and ‘insiders.’
Earlier this [...]

Read: The Role of Tony Bernazard

In report two days ago for the Daily News, Bill Madden wrote:

“I’m told that Assistant GM Tony Bernazard, whom Willie Randolph found to be an intrusive influence in the clubhouse, especially with the Latin players, has been no less undermining with Jerry Manuel.  For whatever reason, Bernazard seems to have the Wilpons’ ears, even more so than Minaya, [...]

News: M’s Not Interested in Bernazard

According to The Seattle Times, the Mariners have finalized their candidates for GM, and have not invited back Mets VP of Player Development Tony Bernazard for a second interview.
The Mariners interviewed seven people for the job and have narrowed their choices down to three other candidates.
For more on Bernazard, click here.

Note: Tony B to interview for M’s GM

According to the Seattle Times, Mets VP of Player Development Tony Bernazard will be among several candidates to interview for GM of the Mariners.
…hat tip to the Daily News for the link…
For more on Bernazard, click here.

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 [...]

Read: The Legend of Tony Bernazard

According to Ken Davidoff in Newsday, the reputation of Mets Ass’t GM Tony Bernazard has taken a ‘pummeling,’ amid rumors that he is the primary culprit in the firing of Willie Randolph.
In a fascinating, well-researched, story for Gotham Baseball Magazine, Mark Healy talks with a variety of credible sources and concludes:

“Bernazard was never really on board [...]