In Tim Tebow, the Mets now have their Ben Affleck equivalent. The guy whose obvious talents, at multiple positions, are mitigated by a polarizing personality.
Even before Thursday, the Mets had their Matt Damon. That would be Kelly Johnson.
“What does that mean?” Johnson asked The Post, when the comparison was presented to him this past week in Cincinnati.
The comparison first occurred to me when the Mets reacquired Johnson from the Braves in June — just as they acquired him from the Braves last year. I flashed back to a story about Damon in which director Steven Soderbergh said about the actor: “Matt has a lot of repeat business.