Former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre made mention earlier this week that he wouldn’t ever rule out talking to the New York Mets about their manager gig if they came calling. The problem is that Jerry Manuel is still the manager of the Mets and he doesn’t really appreciate people talking about taking his job. At least not until he definitely loses it in two weeks.

After learning that he’d upset Manuel, Torre immediately issued an apology and as of this morning Manuel has accepted that apology, so all is well in the land of managers who pretty much sucked this season. Hell, if they could get Tony LaRussa involved this whole thing would be the perfect storm of nose hair and anger. But Torre’s comments have sparked both outrage – how dare he break the unwritten rule of baseball managers!* – and musings as to the future of the Mets. Hold on, I just got a telegraph from the future… yeah they still suck.

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New Mets manager Jerry Manuel has a clear message for his players, and that message is "I will fucking cut you." 

Shortstop Jose Reyes felt tightness in his hamstring on Tuesday night, causing Manuel to pull him from the game.  Reyes disagreed, even throwing his helmet in the process.  Reyes later apologized to Manuel, a possible result of the threat of physical violence. 

"I told him next time he does that I'm going to get my blade out and cut him. I'm a gangster. You go gangster on me, I'm going to have to get you. You do that again, I'm going to cut you right on the field," quipped Manuel.

That's some pretty big talk for a guy with the name "interim" in his job title.  When I was interim manager of the Taco Bell I made sure that the first thing I did was threaten to cut the cashiers.  I'm sorry, but the sour cream gun is not a toy.

[Hugging Harold Reynolds]