NEW YORK — George Steinbrenner, he is not.
The first year of the Steve Cohen era was a wild ride, but the wildest part might have been an owner of a professional sports franchise taking to Twitter to express his displeasure as often as he did. Fans took this to mean he was going to run the Mets like the late Steinbrenner ran the Yankees, with deep pockets and little tolerance for losing. But Cohen isn’t The Boss and he’s not a ham-handed Wilpon either. He confirmed that Wednesday by publicly backing manager Buck Showalter and general manager Billy Eppler in his first press conference since opening day.
“I’m a patient guy,” Cohen said Wednesday at Citi Field. “Now, everybody wants a headline. Everybody says, ‘Fire this person or that person,’ but I don’t see that as a way to operate. If you want to attract good people to this organization, the worst thing you can do is be hostile.”
