John Harper, Daily News, January 31 2018.
“Everything starts with culture,” was the way Callaway put it.
The manager is in town for a couple of days this week, and on Tuesday he held what was largely an informal session with some New York columnists.
For me it was the second time I’ve sat down with him, and as I wrote in November, Callaway is more impressive in these settings than he was at his introductory press conference, where his enthusiasm for how much he is going to care for his players created the impression he would go out of his way to pamper them.
John Harper, SNY.tv, September 30 2019
The Mets gave Mickey Callaway a second season to prove he learned from the mistakes he made as a rookie manager, only it turned out he was no better with his in-game decisions, even with a veteran bench coach, Jim Riggleman, at his side. Some of his strategic moves left baseball people, from rival scouts and executives to Mets’ personnel flabbergasted, and at times even more so by his post-game explanations than the decisions themselves.
John Harper, Daily News, January 31 2018.
“I will hold them accountable, but what’s more important is that they hold each other accountable and they buy in to a culture of winning.”
That culture is at the root of Callaway’s potentially controversial bullpen plan, as he continues to say that he won’t have a designated closer, and instead will mix and match four primary relievers, Jeurys Familia, A.J. Ramos, Jerry Blevins, and Anthony Swarzak, in the late innings.
Kevin Kernan, NY Post, Feb 25 2019
The players are wearing T-shirts with the word mindset running down the back. This is part of the change, the new way for this organization.
The concept was developed in January by Jared Banner, 33, the Mets’ new executive director of player development, and some of his staff.
Mickey Callaway noticed when he came to the club last year from the Indians that the Mets were lacking in a central sense of purpose, a culture, how things should be done.
John Harper, SNY.tv, September 30 2019
Suffice it to say that spoke not only to Alonso’s pursuit of greatness, but the outlook for the Mets in the years to come.
Talk about changing the culture.
George Vecsey, New York Times, October 5 2010
The House of Wilpon is talking about a new culture in the Mets’ organization, and that is absolutely right. But the new culture must come from the top.
Mike Lupica, Daily News, October 3 2010
The next manager matters, a hundred percent. If you don’t think managers matter, look at what Buck Showalter has done with the Orioles since he got the job in Baltimore. Picking the right general manager matters more, the way it mattered with Frank Cashen.
If you are going to change the culture, you start there.
John Harper, Daily News, January 31 2018.
Let the Callaway culture-building begin.
Kevin Kernan, NY Post, April 2 2019
This is what culture change looks like.
Celebrations on the field and in the clubhouse, late rallies, enthusiasm off the charts, young players pulling for one another, solid pitching and victory.
Brodie Van Wagenen wanted to change the culture and he did for the Mets.
John Harper, SNY.tv, September 30 2019
“Pete is the culture-changer,” Gelbs said by phone Monday.
