Things are bad for the New York Mets. How bad you ask? Bad to the point where the VP of player development is ripping off his shirt, calling a Double-A player a “part of a woman’s anatomy” and then challenging the entire team to a fight.
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 Daily News.
Bernazard particularly went after middle infield prospect Jose Coronado, using a slang term associated with a woman’s anatomy, a source indicated. The confrontation happened about 10days before the All-Star break, according to insiders.While the 52-year-old Bernazard’s actions were over-the-top no matter what the motivation, alleged underage drinking on the team apparently was one motivation for the eruption, an organization source said. Still, sending players to counseling rather than challenging them to a rumble might have been a more appropriate course of action.
The shoddy treatment of people in the system has led to mocking of the VP behind his back.
Hey, when you’ve got a bunch of underage players getting all hopped up on the alcohol and playing like a bunch of women’s anatomies, then sometimes the only thing to do is rip off your shirt and challenge them to a fight. I mean, the audacity of some of these players going out drinking after the games; wait until they get to the big leagues – where players go directly home following games and usually cozy up to a nice book.
The entire Mets organization is a freaking mess right now. The big league club can’t keep anyone healthy, the GM is clueless and the VP of player development is ripping off his shirt and challenging the Double-A team to a fight. Ridiculous…but hilarious.
