The New York Mets won 101 games last season and qualified for the playoffs as a National League wild card.
But, he said he was not retained following the season ... claiming he was not brought back solely because he was 82 years old at the time. In the suit, filed by high-profile employment attorney Matthew Blit, Regan said the team’s GM at the time,According to TMZ, Regan, who’s now 85, never coached again and is suing for unspecified damages.
“Phil is the first to crack jokes about his age,” Blit said in a statement to TMZ Sports, “however there is nothing funny about a person being told that they are being passed over because their employer wants someone younger. That’s discrimination, plain and simple.”See the best NJ Sports Betting sites
According to the Mets, Regan had been serving as the franchise’s minor-league assistant pitching coordinator since 2016 when he was promoted to interim pitching coach three years later. Regan spent 2009-2015 as the pitching coach for St. Lucie Mets of the Single-A Florida State League.
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