Last night, I finally got a chance to check out the Adam Rubin chat from yesterday and with so much going on last night with tickets and Ricciardi I figured this could wait.
When asked about Backman, Adam wrote:
If I can say it cryptically, I just think the Mets know things that are not circulated and don’t feel comfortable.
Now what does THAT mean? I’m not going to speculate but it sounds ominous. I wonder what it means? That’s a bomb I don’t think Adam would throw lightly.
Apparently there are sometimes things that the NYC media knows.
Back in the 90’s, a friend of mine told me a story that Giuliani was having an affair…this when Rudy was married to Donna Hanover and the peak of Giuliani mania (pre 9/11 and pre-jaywalking-blitz)….and that all the NYC media knew it but didn’t publish it because they needed to deal with City Hall.
I don’t know if Rudy was having an affair or not when I was told that story, but if I am recalling the details of his transition from Donna to Judi it seems plausible.
Maybe the mainstream just chooses to stay away from something that is really nobody’s business….like who cares what Rudy was doing…but whatever the Wally info is it’s enough to scare off Fred?
Who knows. Sure is interesting.
MetsBlog has more on the Backman story this morning.
Yet through all this, Backman still will get an interview. I imagine they have to, so they can decide to rule him out, and that way fans like me can’t complain that they didn’t give Wally a chance.
In happier news, Adam also said:
I believe Lee Mazzilli is under consideration. And he certainly has a strong relationship with Fred Wilpon.
Lee if you get this job you gotta hook me up with tickets for the opener.
Nobody keeps your name out there more than I do.
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As part of the Honor Among Bloggers program, I want to mention that I originally heard about this via Mets Blog. if we all link and are honest about where we read things the world will be a better place. Likewise thanks to MB and Rubin for their links to the tickets story.
Isn’t interviewing Backman a waste of time then? Isn’t interviewing fake candidates that they have no desire to hire and keeping misleading Wally himself part of the so called ‘organization problems’ that Alderson is supposed to have cured?
The media, and Rubin, have not been afraid to bash the Mets, particularly fringe managerial candidates, in the past. Why now? Because he has no facts? The media leaks every tidbit they can get their hands on, from dropped charges/case against Johan in Florida, to player-exec arguments in AA clubhouses.
Additionally, Backman’s been here in Brooklyn. Why bring him in if there are things that make you nervous? Unless it happened recently, and if that’s the case, how has it gone unreported this long? Seems extremely suspect and very rumor-mongering.
Good points all Ceetar. It’s all very strange. I have no idea….but it sure was an interesting thing to say, and then say again on a blogger’s podcast – which he has to know will be circulated.
Alderson did say at Press Conference that it would be a needed gesture to interview any in house candidates that wanted the job. Wally could just fall under that.
I cant believe more media havent drilled Rubin for what he said. Actually that makes me believe there is something to it . The media knows it and they are just in a way giving him credit for not saying what it was.
The Bobby V rumors have been real quiet and with all these jobs filling up maybe its ESPN or Mets for Bobby V ? I have to believe he wants to manage instead of hang out with Kruk another season.