Tony Bernazard

Tony Bernazard, pictures with his shirt on. There may be no crying in baseball, but there is apparently some shirt removing and trying to fight your players. Tony Bernazard , the New York Mets vice president for player development, reportedly took off his shirt and threatened to fight members of the Double-A Binghamton Mets club. From an article at the New York Daily News: 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 ... Read Full Story

Mets general manager Omar Minaya is expected back next season. The New York Post reported Sunday that owner Fred Wilpon said Minaya will return in 2010 despite the failings of his $136 million team on and off the field this year. Minaya in turn told the newspaper that if he's back, manager Jerry Manuel will return as well. "I always felt I had ownership's support and I'll continue to work to do my job every day to the best of my abilities," Minaya told The Associated Press on Sunday. Manuel said he appreciated the support, but he was focused on winning games. Manuel had ... Read Full Story

Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon says he stands by Omar Minaya, but acknowledges the general manager made a mistake by questioning the motives of a reporter during a bizarre news conference. Wilpon said Minaya was "visibly shaken" on Tuesday, one day after the GM announced the firing of close friend and team executive Tony Bernazard. That news conference took a strange twist when Minaya said a reporter for the New York Daily News who'd written stories critical of Bernazard had "lobbied" him for a job with the Mets. The reporter denied the allegations. Wilpon appeared shortly before the Mets played the Colorado Rockies ... Read Full Story

Tony Bernazard, formerly of the NY Mets. Turns out you can't take your shirt off and challenge your employees to a fight. That's the lesson we're learning from Tony Bernazard , an exec with the NY Mets who reportedly challenged the club's Double-A team to fight him during a recent postgame tantrum. From an article at ESPN: Mets general manager Omar Minaya fired a team executive Monday for a series of blowups, then openly questioned the motives of a local beat writer who reported the turmoil after asking about getting a job in baseball. Vice president of player personnel Tony Bernazard was dismissed after ... Read Full Story

As a Mets fan, I've watched the team fight off injuries for the entire year. And for months, the Mets have desperately need a trade, a pick me up, something new, anything. Now the trading deadline of baseball has passed, and the GM of the "Amazin' Mets," Omar Minaya, has failed utterly to do anything. No, he has done absolutely nothing to help the team, except trade Left Fielder Ryan Church for Left Fielder Jeff Francoeur straight-up. No positions filled, no injury back ups, no pitchers, no new outfielders for needed positions. For some teams, like the Yankees, a trade was not necessary this ... Read Full Story