Since I was a kid, I’ve been asking, “How come?” Until I hit, oh, 13, the answer was the same: “Because I said so.”
Now? That’s a logical answer compared with none at all. So, how come?
How come the Mets, from Bernie Madoff to Jessica Mendoza, hire those with divided interests? Mendoza will remain an objective ESPN MLB analyst and evaluator of baseball talent while serving the Mets as an inside analyst and evaluator of baseball talent? The Mets and ESPN’s audience will share her findings?
Mendoza arrives — when she has the time — with the support of new general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, who until recently served as the agent to many MLB players, including Yoenis Cespedes, who, in exchange for the $110 million Van Wagenen negotiated, has demonstrated divided interests but not much in baseball.