Emperoreddy
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Lots of callers on the FAN wanted him fired today, but I don’t know how many are saying that because they never wanted him hired in the first place.
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Lots of callers on the FAN wanted him fired today, but I don’t know how many are saying that because they never wanted him hired in the first place.
johnny pierogi
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Yeah, I didn't want him. It was just another 'I'm Smarter Than You' Brodie hire. The correct hiring would have been Girardi (who wanted the job) but the Wilsons and Brodie weren't having it.
Emperoreddy
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Losing Joe to Philly was a disaster for the Mets. They should have full court pressed for him.
NJDevs26
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I think the last time any of my teams hired someone I actually wanted was Rex Ryan lol, although I don't remember offhand if he was my top choice that offseason or not. Jerry Manuel, Terry Collins, Mickey, Beltran were all like meh, we'll see type hires for the Mets.
Emperoreddy
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tr83
Nope, still embarassed
Managers aren't even that important, computers/analytics decide how they should manage the team. One of the sports that head coach has the least impact on how games go.
tr83
Nope, still embarassed
Emperoreddy
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No and I don’t think the title should have been stripped either. Players should have been suspended though.
League punishes players for cheating or bad conduct in other ways. No reason to let them skirt here because you are afraid of the Union. Other players were wronged by their cheating.
Emperoreddy
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If you need proof the Yankees do not steal signs. Just look at a Sanchez or Staten at bat. Dudes have no idea when a slider is coming.
NJDevs26
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The media and Rob Manfred both got what they wanted and railroaded Beltran out despite not having any actual power to suspend him. And the Mets somehow get punished for **** they had nothing to do with.
What gnaws me (besides that) is Beltran will get a job in baseball again, but he just can’t work for the Mets cause of the timing.
What gnaws me (besides that) is Beltran will get a job in baseball again, but he just can’t work for the Mets cause of the timing.
OmNomNom
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tr83
Nope, still embarassed
NJDevs26
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OMG they actually let Evan Roberts ask a question during the presser, then cut him and Benigno off when he went hard on the followup 
NJDevs26
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Well ostensibly the promise was for immunity 'if you told the truth'. If Beltran did indeed get caught in a lie then immunity wouldn't apply to him anymore since he would have broken the term of the agreement (though if that's the case why not just suspend him too instead of backchanneling the Mets to do it?).
Billdo
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he was the only one outed because he's the ONLY one no longer protected by the MLBPA. That's it. The union would NEVER allow it.
Side note, I completely underestimated how big of a deal this is. I kinda just looked at it like everyone's probably cheating but they're the ones who got caught. Didn't think it would have this large of an effect on everything.
BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
You know what?
Given all the other crap we've learned; I believe this.
Given all the other crap we've learned; I believe this.
NJDevs26
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Probably because this kind of thing is only sacrosanct in baseball (and really this is the first legislation against electronic cheating)...in football one team has had multiple cheating scandals and one guy got a four-game suspension more or less for busting his phone than actually breaking a rule. This one four key management figures including two WS winning managers, a should-be HOF player and a WS winning exec all lost their job over this.
Emperoreddy
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It sucks for the Mets, but it had to be done. It would have been a massive distraction on the season.
I knew they would fire him even if he is the one that stepped down. You and I both know they asked him to. Carlos Hince and Cora will have a hard time getting a job unless it is behind the scenes.
BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
I think the Mets dodged a bullet.
Dude had absolutely no experience & for the life of me I have a hard time arguing that it wasn't a nepotism hire.
Emperoreddy
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Was something else I was going to say. There was a very real chance this would have ended up a terrible hire for the Mets
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