Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen issued an apology on Thursday after a hot mic caught him criticizing MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on video.
Van Wagenen's remarks concerned the desire of Mets' players to protest the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake by not playing their scheduled Thursday night game against the Marlins .
The video appears to be of a Mets Thursday pregame press conference that unintentionally included Van Wagenen's private conversation with unidentified party.
I apologize to the Commissioner for my disrespectful comments and poor judgement in inaccurately describing the contents of his private conversation with Jeff Wilpon."
Van Wagenen, though, recognizes that pressuring players to in essence weaken their protest isn't going to play well, which led him to remark that the commissioner "just doesn't get it."
Both teams initially took the field but departed after a moment of silence that last 42 seconds -- a reference to Jackie Robinson's universally retired uniform number.
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