Tony Bernazard article

Tony Bernazard is long gone as a Mets' executive, rather famously fired last summer for bad behavior, but the legend of his notorious influence on all phases of the organization continues to grow.
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It turns out that Bernazard even dictated the extreme opposite-field hitting philosophy the Mets adopted last season, which may have contributed to their stunningly low home run total.
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What gets me is how such a stupid idea was able to grow and fester in a supposedly class A pro environment. baffling

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by shroomer on Mar 1, 2010 9:38 AM CST reply actions

This is indeed baffling

no self-respecting teacher of any skill should make all students do the same exact thing. The best teachers are chameleons, IMHO.

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by t ball on Mar 1, 2010 10:33 AM CST reply actions

If you got a FBB team

you might think that some Mets hitters are gonna rebound strong this year under a new batting philosophy.

The other thing I wondered is if the club is emphasizing this story to cover some FO azzes.

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by shroomer on Mar 1, 2010 11:16 AM CST up reply actions

2nd sentence

interesting thought. There might be a little bus throwing underness in that.

Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.

by t ball on Mar 1, 2010 1:02 PM CST up reply actions

As a side note...

The scout that Bernazard flipped out at last year was Carlos Gomez, the guy who used to write at The Hardball times on mechanics. Interesting.

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by Andy Seiler on Mar 1, 2010 2:10 PM CST reply actions

THT Article

THT did a quick writeup about this, and it turns out that the Mets (well the ones who stayed healthy enough to remain on the field for a meaningful amount of time) did hit the ball to the opposite field much more in ’09 than in ’08.

by Excel Hearts Choi on Mar 1, 2010 6:30 PM CST reply actions