Well, it wasn’t exactly activating the emergency slide and telling a passenger to go f*** himself, but Alex Cora, as speculated, took a shot at Mets management on the way out (from XM’s Jim Bowden):
“Alex Cora just told us that the Mets should be honest with the fan base and just build with the young players…but be honest w/the fans … if they are building for 2013 or 2014…they should just come out and say it and then do it”
Call that sour grapes if you want. But ask yourself: Is he right?
The Mets will never come out and say that they’re building for a season that isn’t this one or the one coming up. I’m not going to even bother hoping for that. But they will spin it in a way that they’re “moving towards youth” and have “had this plan all along”. Moving towards youth? I’ll buy that, even if it is a by-product of not wanting to spend any more money. Had this plan all along? Doubt it. You can’t move towards youth if you aren’t willing to go over slot, or keep Billy Wagner for two first rounders rather than trade him for Chris Carter.
So Alex Cora is the employee of the month … even though he’s no longer an employee. No word on whether he took a couple of beers from the clubhouse before leaving.
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