I Love You, Jack
by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 22, 2009 11:47 AM PDT
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PrintMets vice president of player development Tony Bernazard will interview for the vacant Seattle Mariners GM position sometime this week, according to the Seattle Times.
Other candidates for the Seattle gig are Arizona Diamondbacks assistant GM Peter Woodfork; Jerry Dipoto, Diamondbacks director of player personnel; Kim Ng, Los Angeles Dodgers assistant GM and Tony LaCava, the assistant GM for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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.
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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.
As you reflect on what happened to this organization during and after last year's GM interview process, always remember what didn't.
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A shirtless, swinging Bernazard
should be the upper right left picture at Amazin Avenue.
There are a lot of idiots in this world.
by M'sin.. on Jul 22, 2009 12:08 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
To be a fly on the wall during that interview.
Armstrong: “Say a player to getting out of line, how would you handle the situation and help straighten the player out?”
Bernazard: “Is that even a question?! I’d kick his ass!”
When I first read the Headline I thought Yaay, Z got us a shortstop, but no.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
'Regular News' was a giveaway that it wasn't a trade.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 22, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Or any professional athlete, for that matter.
Unless you’re Dana White. He can get away with that.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
I've always gotten a kick out of 'take my shirt off to fight' guy.
Typically whenever a group of 3 or more of them gathers in an outdoor setting the shirts also come off irregardless of weather or other circumstances. There must be some male bonding/camaraderie going on that the rest of us will never understand. At least that’s what I hope it is.
Mets = comedy
"If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice." -Ichiro
I usually take my shirt off to clear the room these days.
by Sec 108 on Jul 22, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I usually just start vomiting on guests if I want them to leave
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Just because you don't like my cooking is no reason to rename my kitchen
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
by pdb on Jul 22, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
John Keister used to do a routine about getting party guests to leave that involved playing Bobby Goldsboro in rotation.
Nothing like “Watching Scotty grow” to clear a room.
Emoty house?
People start emoting at the temple that is your body?
“I cannot have him, so I cut myself!”
“Life is futile and meaningless if I cannot have that.”
by marc w on Jul 22, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
And there's an awesome Smiths-driven soundtrack playing in the background
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Joy Division
And Sec 108’s like the reincarnated Ian Curtis, all spastic dancing in his skivvies.
There are tears.
Now I know the theme for the Halloween party we're throwing this year
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
He wrote and performed one of my favorite jokes ever
which he talks about here. Still trying to find video of it.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
My money is on serious? Because you were funny about it instead of a dickhole?
You’re on fire, especially with the poetry
That's funny
I had a roommate who once, when a party was running too late and he wanted people to leave, stripped buck naked and sat on the couch (legs crossed) watching TV on mute. There were a lot of people, and mostly they were trashed so no one a big to do about it but everyone was gone within an hour (everyone being about 60 people).
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 22, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you kidding? Guy's a badass.
I bet if he had been hired Rob Johnson would have had his fucking head kicked in.
by I Lick Squirrels on Jul 22, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions
Another good move by Z:
I suspect he took Dave’s advice and made a deal with Jays so they’d trade Halladay before he faces the M’s!
Plus half an expected win for us!
by Attractive Nuisance on Jul 22, 2009 12:50 PM PDT reply actions
It's kind of weird because
Like a day or two after Dave posted that, on ESPN it said the Blue Jays were looking to trade Halladay by the 28th.
by Pessimistic Optimist on Jul 22, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
A bit like Kosh when he removed his encounter suit.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 22, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Never ask that question.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jul 22, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
And people wonder why I think football is nothing but faux-macho sublimated homosexuality run rampant
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
There but for the grace of Armstrong and Lincoln go we.
Chuck and Howard have done plenty to deserve derision, but they really hit one out of the park with Z.
Can you imagine if this happened to us a year ago? Bavasi bursts into the locker room and challenges the Aquasox to a fight. I would have been rooting hard for the players to beat his bald head in.
Except that Bavasi was known as a very nice guy who was easy to work for
just horrible at making baseball-related decisions
by seattlebruin on Jul 22, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually. I would love to see Z throw down.
Maybe beat some sense into Halman so he figures out what the hell a strike zone is.
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