On Friday, a baseball team released a statement trying to explain why they fired someone, and made the argument that this person, although they might have been wronged, was fired for the correct reasons.
Oh, you thought I mean the Cubs firing Rick Renteria? No, no. He was fired to make the Cubs better. And Theo Epstein, to his credit, made his explanation passionate and acceptable.
I’m talking of course about the Mets, who released a response to the lawsuit brought up by Leigh Castergine for wrongful termination. Jeff Wilpon and the Mets spin team waited until the very last minute to produce this document, detailing that they fired Castergine not for a lawsuit, but because she had a strained relationship with another employee.
Interesting how the Mets took every minute on the clock to explain why this happened, and yet took five seconds to tell the world that they had no interest in hiring a manager that might have improved their team. Very interesting. Shows you a difference in priorities, doesn’t it? The Cubs, as Epstein said, are loyal to the organization rather than to one person. The Mets? Well they’re just not loyal to one person either. But their loyalties lie with the people in the suits. The higher price of the suit, the higher level of loyalty.
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