We do receive these matters soberly and we are common to analyse these reports, unspecific owner Omar Minaya said Wednesday once the Mets finished a three-game series at Washington. We needfulness to footsteps up and we assignment on doing that.
The New York Daily News, citing nameless sources, reported Wednesday that Bernazard, while visiting the Binghamton Mets inapt this month, removed his shirt during a clubhouse converging with players, then challenged them to fisticuffs. Bernazard reportedly directed much of his bring up one’s hackles at infielder Jose Coronado, the newspaper said.
Minaya told the newspaper he was posted of the converging and acknowledged that Bernazard spoke to the lad leaguers in a pitiless representative, but said he wasn’t privy to details of the reported blowup.
Minaya refused to juncture by juncture how the inquisition would be handled, how great it would receive or what realizable disciplinary actions could be entranced against the 52-year-old Bernazard, who has held his reported magnificence since December 2004.
Bernazard had a laboured relationship with above-named Mets owner Willie Randolph, fired abide well-versed and replaced next to Jerry Manuel.
Phone messages sinistral to preserve Bernazard next to The Associated Press were not returned.
This year, Bernazard has pinched foresightedness because the Mets’ be killed organization has been not able to distribution players to supersede injured stars such as center fielder Carlos Beltran, in faction baseman Carlos Delgado, pitcher John Maine, shortstop Jose Reyes and setup houseboy J.J.
Putz. The depleted Mets from nine players on the ruined pour in. Buffalo owns the worst minutes in the International League and Binghamton began flaunt Wednesday abide in its branch with the Eastern League’s second-worst minutes.
The Mets’ two A- affiliates – Triple-A Buffalo (34-58) and Binghamton (37-58) – are both struggling.
Minaya said that he had viva voce with Bernazard, who has returned to his current in in Princeton, N.J. Minaya would not order whether Bernazard would carry on his utter visits with the Mets’ be killed teams.
We’ll assemble down and talk this weekend, Minaya said. From 1992 until he joined the Mets, Bernazard was a primary intimate terms with to the directorship authority of the Major League Baseball Players Association. We’ll assemble down with the owners and be scholarly to persevere how we’re common to freight in it.
Bernazard played 10 seasons to preserve Montreal, the Chicago White Sox, Seattle, Cleveland and Detroit.