….“so come over here and say it to my face.”
In Wally’s defense, he had to figure at some point a couple of years ago that Terry Collins was lamer-than-lame and when and if the Mets were ready to seriously blow off a chance to hire Joe Maddon contend, he’d be Vegas-tanned, rested and ready. Instead, he’s faced with yet another opportunity to convince a skeptical job market that he’s the very portrait of anger-management and taking direction from the top. I wish him the best of luck — simply because it isn’t working out for me doesn’t mean I’m not pulling for Backman. Were he to disappear from baseball, CSTB content that wasn’t strictly about plugging new 12XU wares would all but disappear!