omar minaya is a clownIt was one of the truly epic meltdowns in press conference history. That’s not hyperbole, it’s right up there in the Top 10 with John Chaney vs. John Calipari, Mike Gundy’s meltdown, Dennis Green’s ‘Crown their Asses,’ and Bernie vs. Tony. Sensitive Mets’ GM Omar Minaya, was upset that Adam Rubin of the NY Daily News had written a series of (accurate) stories that got his buddy, backstabbing Tony Bernazard, fired. And as you’ve surely seen by now, Minaya tried to discredit Rubin in an explosive press conference yesterday, accusing him of lobbying for a job in the organization. A desperate, inaccurate, reach.

I have never, ever, asked Omar Minaya for a job. Or even career advice. Frankly, I’ve never been very close to him. What I have done, and what Mets COO Jeff Wilpon acknowledged later yesterday, is ask Wilpon for “career advice.” My question: Is it even remotely feasible for a baseball writer to get into an administrative job with a team – any team – down the road and what would I need for that to be achieved?

Later today, we’ll get to Rubin’s line of questioning. For the sake of this post, newspapers are in the shitter, and it makes complete sense to start inquiring about alternative options. Clearly the NY media felt the same way – Minaya is being dismembered in the papers, on TV, and on the radio today. Unless Beltran, Reyes and Delgado return to save the Mets season, it seems highly unlikely that he’ll be calling the shots next season.

Newsday: “Mets fans, your future is secure. Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya are a matched set, equals in ignorance, arrogance, incompetence and vindictiveness. One lies, the other puts him up to it. And as long as they remain together, the idiot son of the rich owner and the clueless general manager content to serve as his dummy, the Mets will continue to stink out their shiny new ballpark.”

New York Times: “This pratfall is virtually irreparable; it suggests that the Mets’ hierarchy had shared information about Rubin, and that Minaya, however spontaneously or emotionally, had felt the need to let it fly in a news conference.”

Star-Ledger: “Already under scrutiny for the failures of the past two and a half seasons, Minaya spent more time pointing the finger at a reporter than he did taking responsibility for the actions of one his chief deputies. He mentioned Rubin by name seven times in a 25-minute press conference.”