It's hard to imagine the Mets handling the Mickey Callaway-Jason Vargas situation any worse. Instead, let's look at all the ways they could've (read: should've) addressed it.
The Mets could have handled this better. “This” is the fiasco du jour—a beat reporter cursed out by the manager and physically challenged to fight by the fifth starter, plus the ensuing fallout—but, really, the sentence is accurate so often that you might as well keep it vague. “This” is Mickey Callaway’s “Don’t be a smarta--, motherf-----” in response to Newsday's Tim Healey saying “See you tomorrow,” and “this” is Jason Vargas’ “I’ll knock you the f--- out, bro”, and “this” is just about everything that followed, and…
