The Mets introduced Carlos Mendoza as their manager Tuesday, and Jerry Recco played a clip Wednesday of Mendoza saying how excited he was from the presser.
And then he played a clip where Mendy said he can’t wait to meet with and have 'deep conversations' with Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling…and it sounded like he was reading a cue card.
Does Carlos actually not know who they are, or was this a rib?
“I feel like I got a little intel on this,” Gio said. “I have been told that Gary, Keith, and Ron, over the last number of years, are never down talking to the players anymore, and the players and the managers and the coaches can't stand the fact that these guys are so popular and they sit up there and pontificate in the booth, but they're never down there talking to the players and they're like bigger than life.”
So, Gio has a theory on the cut:
“My theory on this is that someone was needling Gary, Keith, and Ron and gave Mendoza that line,” Gio said, “because he goes ‘deep conversations’ with them.”
Jerry remembered that Buck Showalter invited Keith Hernandez down on the field, which wasn’t a thing in the previous regime, and while Gio doesn’t know that, he does know that they were nowhere to be found this year.
“Well, you know what – why should they?” Boomer asked. “The team stunk and the team was overpaid, overrated, and basically lazy according to Tommy Pham.”
“Whether you think it's a good thing or not, that they're up there, that’s not the point. My point is that someone in the organization doesn't like that, and fed Carlos Mendoza a line about it to needle that,” Gio replied. “Deep conversations with Gary, Keith, and Ron? There’s something going on there.”
And then, the final thought from Booms:
“The problem is those guys are too entertaining and are very popular with the fans, because the slop on the field stinks.”