Should Carlos Mendoza Survive This Mess? + Terry Francona On His 1st Place Reds

About this episode

Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman discuss the struggles of the New York Mets and interview Reds manager Terry Francona about his team's success and other managerial topics.

On a new episode of "The Show," Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman are joined by Reds manager Terry Francona. The future Hall of Famer talks about his NL Central leading club, just how special Elly De La Cruz is, a couple managerial firings we've already seen this season and his time managing Michael Jordan in the minors. Plus, Joel and Jon talk about the complete disaster that is the New York Mets. Should Carlos Mendoza survive this or is it time to let him go? Is this season even salvageable? 0:00 Intro 1:07 Mets Are A Complete Disaster 18:22 Yankees Have Best Record In AL 20:33 Cincinnati Reds Manager Terry Francona Joins The Show! 41:08 Hit Or Error Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Joel Sherman, Jon Heyman

Guest: Terry Francona

Topics covered

• Carlos Mendoza
• Terry Francona
• New York Mets
• Cincinnati Reds
• managerial firings
• Elly De La Cruz
• MLB news

Keywords

• Carlos Mendoza
• Terry Francona
• New York Mets
• Cincinnati Reds
• Elly De La Cruz
• MLB
• managerial firings
• baseball

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds

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