He was born into the life, thanks to his father, but he was also an unknown. So when the big New York job first opened, he was mentioned but never hired. The job went to a big, famous name and he went back into obscurity … but not for long. Because the big, famous name wasn’t equal to the gig. The big New York job opened again.
And so we were introduced to Jeff Van Gundy.
Oh, yes: and Luis Rojas.
That is the ceiling, anyway. That is the hope. Before Luis Rojas even has a chance to win the press conference as the new manager of the Mets, he is winning a Twitter campaign staged by the men he will be charged to lead right now, 38 years old, first time around as a big-league skipper.