” I discovered the video on Mets.com when I went to try to find an update on whether they would play this evening,” Albicocco, a 20-year-old diehard Mets fan, told The Post. “It was resting on their home page for who knows for how long. When I heard [Van Wagenens remarks,] I couldnt believe it.”
The video entitled, “Mets Pregame Press Conference 8-27,” according to Albicocco, interested him enough to click on it.
The already infamous Brodie Van Wagenen-Rob Manfred video was public when diehard Mets fan and ambitious sports reporter Nick Albicocco stumbled across it on the teams website as he browsed for the status of Thursdays video game.
In the video, Van Wagenen informed two others that what he was going to say, “cant leave this room,”
Albicocco stressed that he didnt want any harm to come to Van Wagenen or MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. It was already public so he was simply sharing it with his fans.
” At the management level, he does not get it,” Van Wagenen said in the video that can be faintly heard. “He simply does not get it.”
Earlier, Albicocco posted the discuss Twitter for his 490 fans. It quickly went viral.
Still, Albicocco is sort of like a modern Brad34. In 2000, a Penn trainee called Brad Rosenberg was on the Mets.com chat room as Brad34, posted inflammatory quotes he credited to then Mets manager Bobby Valentine. What ended up being referred to as “Whartongate” nearly expense Valentine his task.
Possibly it will be an omen. In 2000, Valentine ultimately led the Mets to the World Series.
Albicoccos role in the BVW caper was more as a passerby, as the video already was public and displayed plainly.
The video has since been removed by the Mets.
A 20-year-old double significant (sports journalism and economics) at Maryland, set up to finish next year, Albicocco now has a little footnote in group lore.
” I found the video on Mets.com when I went to look for an update on whether they would play tonight,” Albicocco, a 20-year-old diehard Mets fan, informed The Post. Brodie Van Wagenen and Rob ManfredN.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg; ReutersIn a later statement, the Van Wagnen said the ill-received idea to leave the field for an hour before playing was actually Jeff Wilpons, not Manfreds. Van Wagenen asked forgiveness to Manfred.
Brodie Van Wagenen and Rob ManfredN.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg; ReutersIn a later declaration, the Van Wagnen stated the ill-received idea to leave the field for an hour prior to playing was actually Jeff Wilpons, not Manfreds. Van Wagenen apologized to Manfred.
In 2000, a Penn student called Brad Rosenberg was on the Mets.com chat room as Brad34, posted inflammatory quotes he associated to then Mets manager Bobby Valentine.
Manfred, the video appears to suggest, wanted the Mets and Marlins not to take the field for an hour to take part in the social oppression demonstrations that have grasped the sports in the consequences of the Wisconsin police shooting of Jacob Blake.
It ended up the Mets didnt play on Thursday night. They took the field with the Marlins, took off their hats for 42 seconds of silence, laid a Black Lives Matter shirt at house plate, and then immediately left the field.
The Mets were seeking to get “clarity” how the video was on the website in the first location.
