Hey, Nineteen: Dustin Clarke

[Edgy MD]

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I'm Dustin Clarke, Mets strength and conditioning coach. You know me even if you don't think you know me, and you think about me even if you don't think you think about me. While Mike Barwis sets organizational strength training goals and teaches techniques and invites people to boot camps where he screams at them, I'm the guy in the clubhouse, traveling with the team and supervising their workouts. How much is me, and how much is him, I really don't know, but Edgy decided to include coaches and dugout personnel in this thing this year, and a lot of us are coming at the top of the alphabet.



It is an interesting question, though: how much is him and how much is me? Which of us answers to the other? If Michael Conforto throws a rod, which one of us gets spanked and which of us cuddles up to the Wilpons and gets shielded.



I know what my answer is, but what do you think?

[MFS62]

I think he'd better do a good job keeping the players on the field by preventing physical problems and helping them fully recover as quickly as possible.

Oh, wait!

That's his job.



Later

[Edgy MD]

It's not, really. He's the muscle coach. He's in charge of helping the players build strength and conditioning. Chicklo is the health coach.



Ideally the muscle coach and the health coach aren't working at cross purposes, but it doesn't always work out that way.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: It's not, really. He's the muscle coach. He's in charge of helping the players build strength and conditioning. Chicklo is the health coach. Ideally the muscle coach and the health coach aren't working at cross purposes, but it doesn't always work out that way.

I know. I was thinking that if he instructs the players to stretch, build and exercise the muscles the proper way, it will result in fewer time lost due to hamstring and other muscle pulls. Whether he or Chicklo does that isn't really clear. Probably together, as you said.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Will be found out to have actually been born circa 1982 and will be fired.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He'll be key in the stretch run.



Thank you.

[kcmets]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: He'll be key in the stretch run.

I can't compete with that, and ya'll know I'm least funny when I try.