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.