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Obviously, all plans that were made going into today's show. Got thrown a bit of a curveball.

Baseball reference early this morning when we all get the news that the New York Mets put Carlos Mendoza out of his misery.

It's kind of like when you hit a deer on the road and the deer is still breathing.

And you call 911 and the cops come out there and they say not your fault. It's all good. If you could just stand back for a second and they take a gun

out of their holster and they put two right behind the deer's ear. That's essentially what

the meds did this morning to Carlos Mendoza. And I have to say this about it. I actually applaud

Steve Cohn for doing it.

Because I heard a lot of people today yelling and screaming about, hey, yeah, Mendoza got fired, but you should have did it two months ago.

But you can't go back in time. Obviously, the Philadelphia Phillies fired Rob Thompson,

dogmatically takes over, and it worked for them. The Phillies are a runaway train right now, and they're obviously in town to play the Metso. We'll see how that goes for everybody. As Andy Green now becomes the interim manager for the rest of the season, we'll get to that later on today because I would have hired Wally Backman, who's already here in Staten Island, and I would certainly have taken the job in a fincent, which is quicker than an instant.

But here's where Steve Cohn actually did something that is actually very kind.

If we all agree that there was no way, and obviously there was no way, that Carlos Mendoza was going to have his option picked up and come back, he's dead man walking.

And if we also recognize, I think we all agree kind of universally, that Carlos

Mendoza is not the number one guy on the totem pole of who's most responsible for this

embarrassing season for the New York Mets, that if you don't fire him and relieve him of his duties,

you put him out there every single day just to be a punching bag.

And whether it was the doubleheader loss to the Cubs

or just the overall bad performance and non-competitive spirit of this

New York MET team, the manager has to talk to the media every single day multiple times a day.

And if we agree it wasn't his fault, A, check that box.

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