The New York Mets are no longer a baseball team, they’re a soap opera.
There’s not a reality-TV show on any cable outlet in the land that can touch this stuff.
When the Mets are not mishandling injuries, they’re taking goofy pictures with sex toys in the background. When they’re not desperately looking for healthy pitchers, they’re suspending them.
Matt Harvey, who once represented the bright future of their franchise, provided the latest drama. He was ordered by the Mets front office to go home, suspended three days without pay for violation of team rules.
Mets general manager Sandy Alderson and manager Terry Collins refused to publicly disclose Harvey’s actions, with Collins saying, “We’ll keep it in-house, the way it’s supposed to be.