Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro completely embarrasses himself at the end of year press conference
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Toronto Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro made the same questionable and empty comments he always does, but one quote in particular was quite embarrassing for himself.
The offseason always gets kicked off the same way every year for the Toronto Blue Jays, upper management including Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins address the media to talk about the season and their plans to get better, and this year was just as dull and pointless.
«This past season was a bitter disappointment, incredibly disappointing,» Shapiro said. «As the leader of the organization, the accountability and the responsibility clearly lies with me. I get woken up each night and have trouble falling asleep thinking about the fact that we're letting down fans, that we're not creating the opportunity for fans to build memories around October baseball.»
A part of this quote in particular was embarrassing, and fans have been calling him out over social media for saying empty and meaningless statements to make it seem like he cares, but fans see right though him. Especially after he renewed Ross Atkins' contract for the 2025 season after repeatedly making awful decisions.
«I also think about the fact that we played in the playoffs three of the past five years and [in] four of the past five, we've played meaningful games in September,» Shapiro said. «In each of the last four, we've left Spring Training objectively with a chance to be a playoff team and [a] contending team. To me, that's not grounds to make a change. If I felt there was a better alternative to run our baseball operation, I'd make that change.»
This might be the most underrated quote from Mark Shapiro's #Bluejays end-of-season presser:
«I get woken up each night and have trouble falling asleep thinking about the fact that we're letting down fans.»
He really cares guys 🥺
«I get woken up each night and have trouble falling asleep thinking about the fact that we're letting down fans.»
He really cares guys 🥺
Do you believe a single word Mark Shapiro says?
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