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2011
SNY Employee In Trouble For Opening Night Prank
An article by Craig Lerner
If you were watching the Opening Night loss to the Marlins on SNY Friday night, you may remember seeing a quick clip of a “Family Guy” video that poked fun at the Mets after the game.
According to the New York Times, it was not planned and was simply a prank by an employee of SNY.
This was the video:
Andrew Fegyveresi, an SNY spokesman, said, “It was a very poor decision by an individual employee and the matter is being dealt with internally.”
He would not say what position the person held or what sort of discipline would be imposed for the joke.
About the Author: Craig Lerner
I'm a data analyst and researcher for a leading news agency who loves life and is hooked on the Mets. I love following the Amateur Draft and have a particular fondness for the Mets Minor Leagues who I follow each day. Give me a cold beer, a summer day, and a Mets game, and I'm good to go.
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Here’s to hoping that idiot gets fired.
what?? I thought that was hilarious. I mean there IS a lot of truth in that clip. People shouldn’t be fired for harmless jokes.
1st off we could be headed for another crappy season or a winning season or a 75 game luke warm season. No one knows for sure, but either way I believe in being possitive. What that person did especially being an employee of the Mets own broadcasting station was just stupid and the fans and the players deserve alot more respect then that. I loved the fight they had in the second game although I question some of Terry’s moves in the later innings… fight I’ve not seen in these Mets for a long time. If that keeps up andf they can gut it out they may see a playoff spot via the Wild Card.. Never know?? One thing I do know is what that guy did was not funny nor mature.
look I’m all for staying positive but you have to be able to laugh at something that is not at all serious. I mean the idea that this dude is going to get fired, but the Wilpons get to stay owning the team is actually sad.
It was probably Jeff.
I know that guy. They fired him yesterday. It was a dumb move
Fire his ass! i would do the same. this is bar jokes this is live television. you have to be respectful and hold integrity for the flagship tv station of the mets. so if you disagree with the firing you have maturing to do buddy.
With as sensitive a subject as the Mets falling out of contention early and the impact that would have on the one and only thing that can save the Wilpon. The one and only thing they are hoping and crossing their fingers for, staying in it and selling tickets, that employee couldn’t have been under the impression that he wouldn’t be canned if he got caught.
If the humor was directed at Fred or Jeff that’s one thing but the humor in that clip was about the season being lost on opening day. The exact doomsday scenario Fred and Jeff were so worried about and the one thing that would take away any hope at all.
For someone they are actually paying money to, to do this is a betrayal. Plain and simple. I mean Fred and Jeff are in a fight for their financial lives right now and people they are paying are sabotaging their only chance. Get real.
When you start overreacting to jokes about the team you know you’re bad!
Let’s face it – the Mets ownership is broke and there are a ton of question marks even now with the season starting.
Some day the Mets will be back on top which the jokes now will make it all that sweeter.
Anyone record the game? I had to watch the Marlins feed
Haha I thought that was really funny. Harmless I think… But yea he has to be disciplined for that
I thought it was a very bad thing to do – especially as a team owned station. The value of the franchise is under pressure, and if the fans perception is that the season is over, attendance (revenue) will fall. If that happens, there will be be considerable layoffs.
I know people think it is OK to screw corporations and rich people, but they fail to realize the trickle down effect it has on hard working people in the stadium, with the network and other positions.
If you owned your own plumbing/electrical/landscaping/painting company, and there was a recent spree of crimes by service person; if your employee taped on sign on your truck that says “give us your keys, and your giving us your TV” you’d be mortified; not only firing the kid but probably kicking his arse.
i don’t think it’s all that bad. i would find it pitiful if a couple of guys who literally bankrupted their own business fired a guy for something like this.
the attendance will stink if the team is out of contention, and vice versa.
if they are 25 games out of first, i don’t think i would blame family guy for the empty seats.
i would say that this recent stream of publicity has a big upside if the team actually starts winning. people love piling on to underdogs that hit it big.
unlike in plumbing, in the entertainment world, negative publicity can sometimes be useful.
take the cubs, or charlie sheen.
Excellent point about there not really being negative publicity – look at Charlie Sheen.
But I dont think this is just an entertainment type scenario – they are still selling a product.
Give me a break…what Met fan either did not watch this Family Guy clip on their own or was told about this clip from every Yankee/Phillie fan that they know…or both. Funny clip…probably a poor idea for someone to play it on opening day, but in order for it to make it onto television, I’m sure it took more than 1 person to have it actually aired. Give them a week suspension and a stern warning, then move on. I would file this away in the “who cares” category. The Mets have a lot more issues than worrying about a Stewart Gilligan Griffin clip.
Fair enough about not firing, but should have some penalty.
Yeah – his penalty should be having to watch the first game against the Marlins again.
when he says the matter is being dealt with internally that means the whole staff is laughing and not caring about this.
Its not funny im sorry its funny watching it from family guy or with your buddies off you tube but not on our first loss on the season on our first game. With all the negative publicity that the mets have Gotten it came at the wrong time on The television after a bad loss on opening day. Fire his ass. Any met fan that thinks its funny and nothing your seeing this the wrong way, the mets product is getting tarnished. we are becoming a joke more and more. something like this makes it even worse, many of you talk about a turn around and i have faith in that but before that happends we need to earn respect and things like this take it away now more and more Pantees fans are using this clip and to have it on our broadcast is embarrassing. i love a good joke and i am all for it but this is not professionalism and on TV its supposed to be that. That retard who was definetly a pantees fan im sure, Shouldn’t work for the next work if he couldn’t even wait 5 minutes. I deal with a holes like this all day every day. no more.