blogs.nypost.com - 7/1/2009
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(UPDATED) MILWAUKEE -- Longtime Mets closer John Franco blasted his struggling former team in a radio interview this week, saying there is no leadership in the clubhouse and "too much individuality."...
weblogs.newsday.com - 7/1/2009
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As part of Jerry Manuel's postgame message to
stomp out "individualism," the manager demanded that all of...
the Mets ride the 11 a.m. CDT bus from the team's hotel to Miller Park for Wednesday's matinee against the Brewers. No cabs,...
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All the gangstas on the bus - or else!
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nleastchatter.com - 7/1/2009
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It was no coincidence that on the final
day of the “make a home-run call for David...
Wright” he hits his first home in a LONG time. I hope all of our wonderful submitters screamed out their home-made calls when David’s two-run blast made it over the wall! The following ...
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John Franco rips Mets
The 'Ropolitans | NY Mets Baseball Blog —
... It’s not a group yet.” Franco: “And if they don’t win, guys pack their bags and they go home for winter and they say, ‘OK, I get my paycheck and that’s it.’ So something’s not right there and hopefully they’ll get it right soon because otherwise it’s going to be a long summer. Thank God the Phillies aren’t playing as well, otherwise they would be a lot further back than they are right now.” To which David Wright responded, relayed by Bart Hubbuch… With all due respect to Johnny, he doesn't know what's going on ...
Captain Fucko : Mets Lack Leadership
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
Via Repoz‘ careful scan of Bart Hubbach’s Twitter feed, former Mets reliever / inexplicable ownership fave Johnny B Badd told Sirius XM listeners the bus-riding Amazingly Disableds are “missing something”. A pitcher wearing a hideously oversized “C” on his jersey, hockey-style perhaps?
Franco refused to accept that injuries — the Mets have nine players on the DL — are totally responsible for the club’s slide into third place in the NL East.
“I don’t ...
Jerry Demands Mets Ride Bus He Normally Throws Them Under
It's Mets For Me: Off-Beat, Tangentially Relevant Mets Ruminations —
... Meanwhile, Bart Hubbuch with another interesting story, has Johnny Franco blasting the current Mets for everything but making 9th innings interesting and consorting with felons!! Even Franco is trying to get these guys to take responsibility for their suckiness and leadership shirking! ...
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Franco: Mets lack leadership
nydailynews.com 7/2/2009 — John Franco weighed in on the Mets' woes on the MLB Home Plate channel on SIRIUS XM Radio with hosts Kevin Kennedy and Jeff Joyce . The former closer began by saying the Mets lack leadership. Here's a transcript of his appearance.
Joyce: ...
Quote: John Franco on Mets and Leadership
metsblog.com 7/2/2009 — John Franco was a guest on Inside Pitch on SIRIUS XM Radio yesterday, and had the following to say when asked about the Mets:
“You know, there’s still something missing there. I don’t know what it is the last couple of years. Watching them almost ...
John Franco rips Mets
theropolitans.com 7/1/2009 — John Franco, who I believe gets a paycheck from the Mets for his work with the team in spring training, doesn’t seem adverse to burning bridges he’s still standing on. He appeared on SIRIUS XM and had this to say… Host, Jeff Joyce: “Have you ever seen a team decimated by so many ...
Franco: Mets Have No Leadership
nybaseballdigest.com 7/1/2009 — Bart Hubbach had the following interesting bits of info at his twitter
Harsh words for the #Mets today from John Franco: “There’s no leadership there. They’re not having fun and everybody’s on their own page.”
Added Franco to Sirius XM: “Something’s not right there. ...
Manuel, Wright not fans of Franco
weblogs.newsday.com 7/2/2009 — John Franco was still pitching for the Mets in 2002 when Keith Hernandez got himself in hot water with the players by saying they had "no heart" and "quit" on the season. Mike Piazza fired back at Hernandez then by...
Franco apologizes to Wright for leadership comments
theropolitans.com 7/5/2009 — In a fitting end to the John Franco leadership interview from Sirius XM earlier this week, Franco has apologized to David Wright via voicemail. Ed Eagle writes: Wright, who had publicly dismissed the comments earlier this week, said he received an apology from Franco via voicemail. ...
Former Met captain John Franco is the new Met 'voice from the grave'
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — I had to laugh when I heard about John Franco decrying the current Mets' leadership. Because he wasn't exactly the leader for the ages himself. The last Met captain spoke with SIRIUS XM hosts Kevin Kennedy and Jeff Joyce about his old team, saying "there’s no leadership there. Nobody wants to ...
Sweet Caroline, John Franco vs. David Wright
metspolice.com 7/2/2009 — Quick stuff because it's a rare night to turn Mets brain off:
1. I admit to sometimes being stupid. I couldn't find the link to the Sweet Caroline poll. Sparks let me know:
The sing-along poll is at the bottom of the Mets.com home page, just to the right of center, in a ...
Franco takes shots at Wright over leadership —
Newsday.com - Mets
MILWAUKEE - John Franco has traded his captain's 'C' for a special advisory role with the Mets, but that didn't stop him from taking a few shots at the team this week during a radio interview. Franco, who was welcomed back into the Mets' organization ...
Manuel's decision to play Wright proved wrong —
Newsday.com - Mets
MILWAUKEE - David Wright was supposed to be on the bench for yesterday's game against the Brewers. Jerry Manuel, figuring his All-Star third baseman could use a breather, planned to sit him for the series finale at Miller Park. As it turned out, his ...
