Improbable Day Ends with Tatis Pinch-Hit Grand Slam

July 27th, 2009... perhaps one of the greatest days in the history of the New York Mets. Like the battered woman who finally decides to leave her abusive husband, the Mets finally parted ways with their horrendous VP of Player Development Tony Bernazard, probably the biggest cancer the team has ever employed during their 47 year history. (and who never developed one single player).

Ironically, by firing this piece of garbage that is Bernazard, Omar Minaya may have given the Mets front office the straw that breaks the camel's back for his own job by handling the press conference announcing the firing just about as badly as possible. In an incredibly bizarre series of events, Omar (who's no public speaker) fired a cheap shot and had the nerve to throw Daily News reporter Adam Rubin completely under the bus, insinuating that Rubin wrote disparaging articles about Bernazard solely because he wanted his job. Nice move, Omar... you are completely reprehensible! And now, just as we called for the immediate firing of Tony Bastardard, it's couldn't be clearer that Omar needs to be the next one to go.

Tomorrow! You can't have your GM making statements like this - especially at a news conference when you'd think he'd know better and had some time to prepare. If the Mets needed just one more reason to fire Minaya, this would have to be it. It makes you wonder how Minaya got this job in the first place, right? And yes, I think Adam Rubin is more qualified to be the Mets GM than Omar. WILPONS: stop being incompetents and fire him immediately! Get some respect back... give the fans something to believe in! It's hard to believe, but the Wilpons are quickly surpassing the Knick's Dolans as the most inept owners in the entire sports world.

And how did the Mets team respond tonight knowing that 33 percent of their problems are now fired? How about a rare comeback capped by Fernando Tatis' pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning?!?! The Mets were actually down 3-1 in this game, but rallied for 2 big runs in the sixth to tie the game before Tatis' big shot lifted the team to their 3rd straight win. It was the first Mets pinch hit grand slam in nine years. WOW!

Lets give Jerry Manuel a little credit for this one, as I know I'd be right in assuming he was the only one in the ballpark (and everyone else watching on TV I'm sure) who didn't believe Tatis was about to ground into another rally-killing double play - especially with an 0-2 count! But Tatis delivered and hopefully something like this will turn the rest of the season around for him.

And why stop at just him? Perhaps July 27th, 2009 is the day the entire team gets an infusion of hope. After all, on July 26th, 1973 the Mets were in last place, 7.5 games behind before M. Donald Grant's bizarre locker-room tirade inspired Tug McGraw's famous "Ya Gotta Believe" line. Maybe we can draw parallels with today's firing of Bernazard and the insane press conference that ensued. Dare I say it? The Mets are just 6.5 games out of the wild card...

But we Mets fans really need to insist on the firing of Omar at this point for the good karma we'll need to make that happen.