Good morning all and happy Monday of 4th of July week!
When New York Mets baseball boss David Stearns spoke to the media on Friday, following the firing of manager Carlos Mendoza, he made it clear Andy Green was the most interim of interim managers. Stearns specifically stated, after the season, Green who was heading the Mets farm system, would return to the front office. Of course, the speculation has been running rampant, even when Mendoza still held the job, who the next manager would be. In the video/audio commentary, I explain why Alex Cora will not be the next manager of the Mets.
Some other quick thoughts with two days remaining in June:
Cora is apparently having a grand time, taking the summer off and getting paid millions by Red Sox owner John Henry. The Sunday Boston Globe had a picture of the ex-Red Sox manager at the World Cup in Foxboro last week and also wrote Cora is having a blast coaching his kids and engaging in other activities he would be unable to do, if he was still managing the Sox.
I’m not the biggest fan of these alternate uniforms but can these clubs be mandated to wear them once per homestand? The Red Sox have among the best traditional uniforms in baseball history and they rarely wear them. In fact, they rarely wear a uniform that has any red in it.
I always love to remind people how difficult it is to play major league baseball. You can count all the players who have played in at least one MLB game and it would not come near filling Fenway Park. Less than 23,000 people have ever played in a big league game. And once you get there, it is tough to stay. In round numbers something like 3,700 players have managed to stick around for 10 years or more playing in the majors.
Kudos to the folks running the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, CT. They did everything in their power to complete the tournament, following a nearly 90 minute rain delay yesterday. Play resumed at 7:20 last night and they managed to finish in regulation. The only problem was Scottie Scheffler and Victor Hovland put on quite a show, battling hole-for-hole down to the finish. Both ended 21-under-par and with play suspended because of darkess, the two will battle in sudden death, beginning this morning at 9:00. But the Travelers people almost pulled it off. I know how hard they work, having covered that tournament and interviewed tournament director Nathan Grube many times. These people put their nose to the grindstone year round to stage one of the best tournaments on the PGA Tour. Today’s coverage will be carried on the Golf Channel.
That is going to do it for today’s newsletter. Thank you for being a subscriber and have a marvelous Monday!
DAN
