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Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen apologizes, says miscommunication fueled Rob Manfred criticism

A video emerged Thursday of New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen appearing to speak candidly about the leadership of MLB commissioner Rob Manfred as several teams refuse to play games in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake.

The video, apparently captured on a live stream of a Mets pregame press conference that was never turned off, was posted through Twitter on Thursday afternoon. It shows a 59-second portion of a conversation between Van Wagenen and two unidentified people, none of whom appear to know their words are being streamed.