ESPN - A New York Mets executive recently challenged one of club's minor league teams to a fight during a postgame clubhouse tirade, the New York Daily News reported, citing multiple sources with ties to the team.
Tony Bernazard, the team's vice president for player development, pulled off his shirt and challenged the Double-A Binghamton Mets in the tirade, about 10 days before the All-Star break. He in particular targeted middle infield prospect Jose Coronado, according to the report.
Binghamton had gone 1-6 during an early July homestand that coincided with the outburst, losing three of those games by at least seven runs. The team was 37-58 and in last place in the Eastern League Northern Division entering Wednesday's scheduled games.
Allegations of underage drinking on the team were apparently another motivation for Bernazard's tirade, an organization source said, according to the report. "It's ridiculous that anyone in a professional baseball environment thinks it's acceptable," a friend of several players said, according to the report.
Mets GM Omar Minaya said Bernazard spoke to the minor-league team in a "stern voice," but said he had no knowledge of the particulars. "I know he did have a team meeting with them," Minaya said, according to the Daily News. "It was not a 'you-guys-have-been-great meeting.' I know he spoke to them in a stern voice. But as far as what he was wearing, what kind of shoes he was wearing, I don't know anything about that."
This Mets franchise is so fucked-up on all levels right now. The incompetence in the front office is laughable. I feel bad for all of these players, except for Reyes, I hate that guy. And what is this douche Tony so mad about? The team goes 1-6 and this guy freaks out? Does he not see the overall record? And isn't the minors more about developing talent then winning? Also, who does Minaya think he is, Tom Gunn? Who cares about his shoes and what he was wearing? Apparently he wasn't wearing a shirt at all! I only wish that one of these guys kicked his old ass.
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