You can shake your head and your fist, spittle flying as you associate Matt Harvey with each of the seven words George Carlin said you can’t say on TV. Twitter can rattle and hum, and talk radio can foam at the mouth, and none of it will match what Matt Harvey had to face in his own clubhouse Tuesday afternoon.
None of it will approximate his loss of stature in there, in The Room, the one place where major league ballplayers believe they can always seek shelter from the storm, sanctuary from the sturm and drang.
“He’s going to have to deal with his teammates,” Mets manager Terry Collins told Newsday, at the end of another day that Matt Harvey managed to turn upside down, from tranquil tune-up to dilettante drama just by showing up.