Tony Bernazard, 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.
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.
Last week the Daily News reported on Tuesday that at a recent game at Citi Field, Bernazard, who wanted a seat behind home plate that was occupied by an Arizona Diamondbacks scout, unleashed a profanity-laced tirade against a subordinate who suggested he wait until the half-inning was over to take the seat. He apparently thinks who he is and has lost his mind.
Tony Bernazard also has hit a wrong note with some on the Major League Club too. He apparently got into a little strum with K-Rod in Atlanta recently. K- Rod did say it happened, but did not want to get into what was said. Another teammate who remained anonymous said that many of the Mets do not like the V.P.
Is this in his job description or just a man who feels the walls caving in. The last time I checked, he was in charge of player development not player altercations.
This year, Bernazard has drawn criticism because the Mets' farm system has been unable to supply players to replace injured stars such as center fielder Carlos Beltran, first baseman Carlos Delgado, pitcher John Maine, shortstop Jose Reyes and setup man J.J. Putz. The depleted Mets have nine players on the disabled list.
It has not been a good season on the field for the Mets' top farm teams. Their top affiliate, the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, is an International League-worst 34-58 entering Wednesday's games. The B-Mets have also hit the gravel by going 37-58. Almost a mirror of how the major league club has looked this year.
The Mets will conduct an investigation on his recent actions.
"We do take these matters seriously and we are going to investigate these reports. ... We need to follow up and we plan on doing that," Mets general manager Omar Minaya said Wednesday before the Mets finished a three-game series at Washington.
Minaya refused to detail how the investigation would be handled, how long it would take or what possible disciplinary actions could be taken against the 52-year-old Bernazard, who has held his current position since December 2004.
Maybe it is the time to move on and bring in someone that can handle the job...
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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.
Last week the Daily News reported on Tuesday that at a recent game at Citi Field, Bernazard, who wanted a seat behind home plate that was occupied by an Arizona Diamondbacks scout, unleashed a profanity-laced tirade against a subordinate who suggested he wait until the half-inning was over to take the seat. He apparently thinks who he is and has lost his mind.
Tony Bernazard also has hit a wrong note with some on the Major League Club too. He apparently got into a little strum with K-Rod in Atlanta recently. K- Rod did say it happened, but did not want to get into what was said. Another teammate who remained anonymous said that many of the Mets do not like the V.P.
Is this in his job description or just a man who feels the walls caving in. The last time I checked, he was in charge of player development not player altercations.
This year, Bernazard has drawn criticism because the Mets' farm system has been unable to supply players to replace injured stars such as center fielder Carlos Beltran, first baseman Carlos Delgado, pitcher John Maine, shortstop Jose Reyes and setup man J.J. Putz. The depleted Mets have nine players on the disabled list.
It has not been a good season on the field for the Mets' top farm teams. Their top affiliate, the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, is an International League-worst 34-58 entering Wednesday's games. The B-Mets have also hit the gravel by going 37-58. Almost a mirror of how the major league club has looked this year.
The Mets will conduct an investigation on his recent actions.
"We do take these matters seriously and we are going to investigate these reports. ... We need to follow up and we plan on doing that," Mets general manager Omar Minaya said Wednesday before the Mets finished a three-game series at Washington.
Minaya refused to detail how the investigation would be handled, how long it would take or what possible disciplinary actions could be taken against the 52-year-old Bernazard, who has held his current position since December 2004.
Maybe it is the time to move on and bring in someone that can handle the job...
Original Story:
http://www.ddmetsfanblog.com/2009/07/...
