Who was that guy?

[Edgy MD]

Who was the Mets staffer, who was technically listed as a coach, but was more on the peripheral staff than the staff-staff, and he got booted because he couldn't follow instructions to stay in the clubhouse during games, and kept wandering into the dugout?



He was given a name like "mental skills coach" or something, and his end was somewhat embarrassing as it had come down to security given explicit orders to keep him out of the dugout.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

what year?

[Edgy MD]

I feel it was during the sunset of the Jerry era. 2009 or so.

[Edgy MD]

Here we go. I'm way off. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/13/sports/baseball/mets-dismiss-psychologist.htmlFran Pirozollo. 2003.



It was the twilight of the Howe era, which was, of course, all twilight. He was a sports psychologist hired under a directive from Fred Wilpon, if not directly by Mr. Wilpon.

[Edgy MD]

He seems like a real insidious guy. His website, which has expired, claims he's currently the mental skills coach for the Texas Rangers, although their site doesn't list him. His LinkedIn site says the same thing, and pictures him in a Rangers hat.



He's also listed as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Houston Cougars Golf Team. None of that has interrupted his decades of private practice.



Then again, for all I know, he's a peach.



OE: While the Rangers may appear as his current employer atop his LinkedIn profile, the résumé part ends that tenure at 2010

[kcmets]

I knew it was something that sounded like steak pizzaiola but couldn't

pull it from the memory banks.