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This is all Steve Cohen\u2019s mess to clean. Let\u2019s be clear about that. It was less than four years ago that Cohen came riding into Queens as the white knight Mets fans had been begging for. And yes: Mets fans ate up Cohen\u2019s through-the-door swagger, his promise to add championships in short order.<\/p>\n
They were especially entranced by his bank account, and by Cohen\u2019s immediate assertion that he\u2019d take advantage of it. And give the man this: He did spend money. It might not have been spent wisely or apportioned optimally, but he cut some big checks. And he\u2019s been true to his vow to build \u2014 through his deep resources \u2014 the kind of infrastructure and farm system that keep the gold standards like the Dodgers and Braves cooking.<\/p>\n
But he said something else early in his tenure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want us to be a model franchise,\u201d he said in 2021, \u201cbut that means more than just the ball on the field. That means the fan experience. It means running a baseball team the way a good company is run. It means being a team that fans can be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n
And, well \u2026<\/p>\n
Almost four years in, the Mets experienced a day on Wednesday that goes right there on the deep shelf of facepalm days that we\u2019ll discuss in further detail in a few paragraphs.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s forget the dual-injury two-step to Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso that kick-started things. Let\u2019s just pick up with another loss (seventh in eight games, 19th in 26 games in May heading into Thursday\u2019s game with the Diamondbacks). Let\u2019s talk about another full-on bullpen implosion (what felt like the 49th in those 27 games). And, of course, let\u2019s talk about Jorge Lopez discus-ing his glove into the stands.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s give Lopez the benefit of every doubt when it comes to the rant that came after a full team meeting, and about an hour after the final pitch of the Dodgers\u2019 10-1 win.<\/p>\n
(And let\u2019s maybe cool it the next time you roll your eyes because a Japanese or Latin player is using an interpreter \u2014 and I\u2019ve heard from plenty who roll their eyes in those moments. Consider this Exhibit A why it\u2019s often best to speak in a language with which you\u2019re most comfortable.)<\/p>\n
It was still a horrifyingly unprofessional thing to do. That\u2019s not just a Mets code, that\u2019s a baseball code. Carlos Rodon blew kisses as he walked off the mound after a poor start in Anaheim last year \u2014 which isn\u2019t even close to what Lopez did \u2014 and the Yankees\u2019 reaction was swift and it was stern, and Rodon saw the error of his ways immediately.<\/p>\n
The Lopez incident recalled the night of May 30, 1980, when Luis Tiant, angry at being removed with a shutout with two outs in the eighth inning of an eventual 6-0 Yankees win over the Blue Jays, dropped the ball to the mound instead of handing it to Dick Howser, then flung his glove 12 rows into the stands at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n
Howser ordered Tiant to the clubhouse immediately, loudly dressed him down and fined him $500. Howser, like Carlos Mendoza a rookie manager, made a strong impression with his players by confronting Tiant. By that point, of course, Tiant had already won 221 games in the big leagues (198 more than Lopez) and his antics made barely a ripple since that was still the teeth of the Bronx Zoo Yankees.<\/p>\n
Those Yankees were forgiven their daily silliness because when the business transferred to the field, there were few teams that measured up to them. The Mets don\u2019t have that luxury. With the rare exception of the \u201986 team that managed to laugh off their weekly brushes with brushbacks, brouhahas and bars, whenever the Mets devolve into slapstick it generally accompanies woeful baseball.<\/p>\n
There is no way to make a complete list of this without taking up the rest of the sports section, but a brief rundown would include: M. Donald Grant exiling Tom Seaver for pennies on the dollar, Vince Coleman\u2019s firecrackers, Bobby Bonilla\u2019s earplugs, Brett Saberhagen\u2019s bleach, Grant Roberts\u2019 weed, Francisco Rodriguez\u2019 father-in-law, Javy Baez, Francisco Lindor and Kevin Pillar thumbs-downing the fans \u2026<\/p>\n
And, now, this.<\/p>\n
This was all supposed to be a part of the Mets\u2019 \u201ccolorful\u201d history when Cohen swept out the Wilpons. We sure used to blast Fred and Jeff when the Mets devolved into ridiculousness. Only fair to do the same with Cohen. He didn\u2019t speak Thursday, and neither did David Stearns, and that, honestly, was just fine. Mets fans are tired of words.<\/p>\n
They want action. More than anything, one of these years, they\u2019d like to not instinctively twitch when they hear the words \u201cbaseball\u201d and \u201claughingstock\u201d in the same sentence, when maybe the GIF of crying Mr. Met can officially be retired like Darryl Strawberry\u2019s number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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