Omar Minaya confirmed Monday that he and Jerry Manuel were told by Mets COO Jeff Wilpon last month that their jobs were safe. But given the broken-down state of the team, which has nine players on the disabled list, was that a reward or punishment?
Wilpon's intent was to ease their fears over speculation that he knew was coming after the Yankees swept the Mets on June 26-28 at Citi Field. The Mets seemed to be at an especially low point in falling to 37-37 and slipping 2½ games behind the Phillies in the National League East, which is why Wilpon delivered the news that weekend.
"I told Jeff, 'Thank you for that vote,' but I don't think about those things and I know Jerry doesn't, either," said Minaya, whose three-year contract extension begins in 2010. "We do the best job we can. Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't. I think it was more of a reaction to when teams go bad." Continue
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