Wanker of the Day
By Aside from the bullying in and of itself — perhaps an homage to the departed Bernazard? — what’s striking is that this is inept even as Machiavellian politics. Even if he succeeded in getting Rubin taken off the Mets beat for a while, this will obviously result in much greater media hostility overall, heading into an offseason where Minaya is going to need all the support he can get.
In broad strokes, I’ve seen the Mets tracing the history of my beloved early 80s Expos — a team with formidable front-line talent but holes management didn’t take seriously enough, following a heartbreaking deciding game playoff loss with two disappointing seasons and one disastrous one. Ironically, the Expos failed to win pennants they should have in part because they traded Bernazard — one of the better-hitting second basemen in baseball — in order to play the likes of Doug “.552 OPS with overrated defense” Flynn at second base. I suppose his executive career explains why they might have made the move…
UPDATE: Rubin responds. Neyer, like many others, thinks Minaya is dead GM walking.