Remember, You Help Pay Tony Bernazard's Salary

Or you, and all the rest of us, contribute anyway. We contribute each time we buy a David Wright t-shirt or switch on SNY. We contribute by supporting this team.

Of everything else that's happened this season, the news that the Mets have a senior management member who would whip off his shirt and challenge our Double-A team to a fight is easily the most infuriating thing I've read about this organization.

The Mets say they are going to conduct an investigation into the incident. I've got news for them. This kind of behavior doesn't just pop up out of the blue. It follows on warning signs that rational people can identify and then use to ensure the person never amounts to anything within their organization.

Except the Mets, who promoted this imbecile and let him shape the strategic dirction of the franchise. Meanwhile, our minor league system, which he oversees, is a complete mess.

But that makes sense. The Mets are a mess, a joke, an embarrassment, choose your disparaging adjective. And this man is symptomatic of the absurdity we've become. I say symptomatic because the problem starts at the top, with people like Jeff Wilpon or Omar Minaya, who empower this fool.

Screw an investigation. Bernazard needs to be fired, as does everyone who ever championed him.

- A.F.O.M.G.