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Mets GM Apologizes For Comment On Hot Mic

“Adding to the Mets blunder, team owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon released a statement of their own to explain the situation. Both statements misspelled their general manager’s name as “Brody” instead of the correct spelling of Brodie.”
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The New York Mets are no stranger to apologizing for a gaff, and this time it was general manager Brodie Van Wagenen who needed to issue a statement which clarified comments he made about commissioner Rob Manfred. 

Expressing private thoughts in-front of an unexpectedly hot mic is a seemingly more common occurrence thanks to increased remote meetings. On Thursday, Van Wagenen went on a rant about Major League Baseball’s commissioner, while unknowingly being broadcast by the Mets’ app. 

“He just doesn’t get it,” Van Wagenen told two people in a room at Citi Field, along with the entire world via the Mets app and website. 

Multiple MLB games were postponed Thursday night, including the Mets contest against the Marlins, as players chose to protest police brutality and racial injustice. Instead of skipping the game entirely, Van Wagenen believed Manfred wanted the Mets and Marlins to leave the field at their scheduled start time of 7:10, only to return an hour later for first pitch. 

“Baseball’s trying to come up with a solution that would be super powerful. Three of us here, can’t leave this room,” Van Wagenen said. “They’re saying, ‘It would be really great if you could have them all take the field, and then they leave the field, and then they come back and play at 8:10.’

“And I was like, what? … They’re not playing, that’s not happening. But that’s Rob’s instinct. It’s exactly what we were talking about. At a leadership level, he doesn’t get it. He just doesn’t get it.”

But after Van Wagenen found out his comments were broadcast on the web, he issued an apology, claiming his rant against Manfred was “wrong and unfounded.”

“Jeff Wilpon called Commissioner Manfred this afternoon to notify him that our players voted not to play,” Van Wagenen’s statement read. “They discussed the challenges of rescheduling the game. Jeff proposed an idea of playing the game an hour later. I misunderstood that this was the Commissioner’s idea. In actuality, this was Jeff’s suggestion. The players had already made their decision so I felt the suggestion was not helpful. My frustration with the Commissioner was wrong and unfounded. I apologize to the Commissioner for my disrespectful comments and poor judgment in inaccurately describing the contents of his private conversation with Jeff Wilpon.”

Adding to the Mets blunder, team owners Fred and Jeff Wilpon released a statement of their own to explain the situation. Both statements misspelled their general manager’s name as “Brody” instead of the correct spelling of Brodie.

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The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz Moving To New Studio

The show continued to be recorded inside the studio at the Clevelander after it departed ESPN Radio’s national lineup in 2021.

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz is leaving its home at the Clevelander hotel on South Beach in Miami and moving into a new studio next year, according to a report from The Big Lead.

The show continued to be recorded inside the studio at the Clevelander after it departed ESPN Radio’s national lineup in 2021. It has remained the home for the show since Le Batard and John Skipper formed Meadowlark Media.

After a $50 million distribution deal with DraftKings was secured, the Meadowlark podcast network has grown in both reach and talent, allowing for an expanded studio space.

No immediate details were given on where the new studio space would be located.

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NSMA Announces Finalists for Awards, Hall of Fame

Final voting for the statewide and national awards, as well as for the Hall of Fame, will take place throughout this month, and the winners and inductees will be announced on January 9.
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The National Sports Media Association revealed its finalists for its national sportscaster of the year and national sportswriter of the year, and there are plenty of heavy hitters in the industry up for consideration for the NSMA awards.

Among the nominees for National Sportscaster of the Year include Al Michaels, Ian Eagle, Jim Nantz, Joe Buck, Kevin Harlan, and Mike Tirico. The full list includes Adam Amin, Jason Benetti, Joe Davis, and Mina Kimes.

For National Sportswriter of the Year, Adrian Wojnarowski, Ken Rosenthal, Nicole Auerbach, Pete Thamel, Pat Forde and Tom Verducci are among the biggest names. Candace Buckner, Katie Strang, Marc Spears and Wright Thomson round out the list of nominees.

The NMSA also revealed its finalists for the sportscaster and sportswriter Hall of Fame. James Brown, Joe Buck, Lee Corso and Tim McCarver are part of the sportscaster list, while Bill Plaschke and Ray Didinger appear among the names for the sportswriter hall of fame.

Final voting for the statewide and national awards, as well as for the Hall of Fame, will take place throughout this month, and the winners and inductees will be announced on January 9.

Winners and Hall of Famers will be honored at the NSMA Awards Weekend & National Convention held in Winston-Salem, N.C. June 24-26.

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Pat McAfee: Mentioning Brett Favre Scandal Is A Must

“We have to make sure that it’s mentioned every time that man is mentioned because that is a big deal that it happened.”
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While things may have quieted down a little bit with Brett Favre and his scandal involving misuse of public funds in Mississippi, Pat McAfee is going to make sure people don’t forget what the hall of fame quarterback is accused of.

On his show on Wednesday, McAfee said he thought of a way to mention the situation during Aaron Rodgers’ weekly appearance the day before. Rodgers in conversation talked about learning under Favre in the first years of his NFL career in Green Bay.

“My brain was literally like we’re in the holiday season. Brett Favre – what did he do,” McAfee said. “He didn’t just steal from the poor. Oh, he is the actual Sticky Finger Bandits from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”

Pat added that whenever the name Brett Favre is brought up on his show, it is absolutely necessary to remind folks about the scandal.

“We have to make sure that it’s mentioned every time that man is mentioned because that is a big deal that it happened,” he said. “Now obviously Brett Favre Enterprises is alleging that this is all wrong. And I can’t wait to hear BFE to drop Brett Favre Enterprises’ side of the story. And we will judge it accordingly.”

“Even though as a football player, he was an incredibly tough football player, good football player, did a lot of things,” McAfee added. “Certainly in the middle of stealing from poor people in Mississippi right now. Have to chat about that.”

Favre is yet to be charged with any crimes, but the state is currently investigating the matter. Early in the fall, Favre’s weekly appearances on local and national radio shows were halted in light of the initial fallout from the story.

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