Tony Bernazard

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...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...Read Full Story

New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel will not return to their jobs after the Major League Baseball season, ESPN and Sports Illustrated reported Friday. The moves, not unexpected after the Mets missed the playoffs for a fourth consecutive season, will not be announced until after Sunday's conclusion of the regular season but likely will come before the playoffs begin on Wednesday, according to the reports. The Mets are expected to wait to fill Minaya's job and it...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...Read Full Story

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...Read Full Story