The Wilpons did not let Brodie Van Wagenen’s apology be the last word on Thursday’s hot-mic video. Mets owner Fred Wilpon and his son, COO Jeff Wilpon, blew up their general manager for comments about a hot-mic, in which he misplaced Commissioner Rob Manfred to suggest that the Mets and …
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke on Thursday night about MLB’s position on social justice issues, and gave an indirect response to Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen’s remarks that were caught on a loud microphone earlier in the day. “In recent days, players at a number of clubs have decided …
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The already infamous video of Brodie Van Wagenen-Rob Manfred was made public when diehard Mets of and aspiring sports journalist Nick Albicocco stumbled upon it on the team’s website as he searched for the status of Thursday’s game. “I found the video on Mets.com when I was looking for an …
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Amid protests over various professional sports, including their own, the Yankees played a double header on Wednesday, and now two of their own underage armies are calling on them to take a stand. Chris Gittens and Canaan Smith-Njigba are asking the Yankees, on Thursday, to do something after the shooting …
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The Mets took the field on Thursday night and then left it. After a day of questions about whether they would actually play, the Mets took the field with the Marlins, took off their hats for 42 seconds of silence, put a Black Lives Matter shirt home, and then immediately …
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