It was an event every time he showed up as the glowering Dark Knight, electrifying Citi Field with his defiance and beast-mode swagger … Gotham’s Dark Knight in shining armor all those years after Tom Seaver and Doc Gooden.
It is a long and lonely road back from Tommy John and thoracic outlet syndrome surgeries and Matt Harvey stepped in another pothole Friday night that is certain to sadden those romantic loyalists willing to forgive his occasional migrained selfishness and continue to yearn for their seething, sneering ace of yesteryear.
Gone for now are the days the Mets would look to the Dark Knight to rescue them.