Mike Francesa Is Working on Getting the Mets Manager Fired
Since a scorching 11-1 start, the Mets have gone 21-47 and are tied with the tanking Marlins for last place in the NL East. It’s been one excruciating loss after another. If you’re looking for a detailed explanation of why that is, you’ve come to the wrong place, but what this means is that Mike Francesa is gathering a round of steam to make sure rookie Mets manager Mickey Callaway loses his job soon.
Here was his monologue the other day, calling Callaway a “defenseless animal” and remarked about how you “want managers who are two steps ahead, not chasing the bus when they missed it”:
He’s also been tweeting about it almost non-stop:
In this worst June in Met history, the team has quit physically and mentally. They are a total embarrassment to the sport and the uniform. If I owned the team, I would COMPLETELY clean house.
— Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) June 30, 2018
Callaway in the postgame said his team “plays the right way” every day. If he thinks that, the Mets need a new manager.
— Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) June 30, 2018
Callaway has no idea what he is doing. Every night is a circus.
— Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) June 28, 2018
Note to Callaway : when your franchise pitcher is getting squeezed by the HP umpire and told to get moving when he complains, get out there and back him up.
— Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) June 24, 2018
Vargas faces 16 batters allows nine hits, seven runs and three HRs and Callaway utters some ridiculous excuses. When does this guy start holding players accountable.
— Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) June 20, 2018
Sometimes people go overboard praising Joe Maddon but he undressed Callaway this weekend. It wasn’t pretty.
— Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) June 3, 2018
Callaway should check the lot. Make sure Maddon doesn’t leave with his car, too.
— Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) June 3, 2018
If you don’t think this is going to snowball into a job loss from here, look at Ben McAdoo. As my Dad pointed out to me, Francesa has tweeted more about the Mets compared to the Yankees — who are in a fascinating horse race with the Red Sox — by orders of magnitude. Will Callaway be around past the All-Star break?