Noah Syndergaard: How not to get off to a good start

[Benjamin Grimm]

Andy Martino wrote: An anti-gay slur was recently tweeted, and subsequently deleted, from a Twitter account belonging to one of the prospects the Mets acquired from Toronto for R.A. Dickey. Righthanded pitcher Noah Syndergaard, 20, acquired along with catcher Travis d'Arnaud in the deal that sent the Cy Young Award winner to the Blue Jays, tweets from the account @Noahsyndergaard. On Dec. 9, this tweet appeared from that account: "@DMarze89 nice crocs f-- lol" The tweet no longer appears on the timeline for the account. A Mets spokesman said that the team was looking into the matter. The full context of the tweet was not immediately clear; Syndergaard might be available on a conference call introducing him and d'Arnaud on Tuesday.

[seawolf17]

I'm not justifying the tweet by any means, but fuckall if I know why anyone would want to play in this town sometimes.

[Ceetar]

Yay, Let's (meaning the internet at large) do another debate on the meaning and intent of words!

[metirish]

Silly boy

A remarkably similar type of tweet landed a Liverpool FC player with a fine from the English FA and a reprimand on future conduct


FA fines Liverpool's Suso �10,000 for Twitter jibe at Jos� Enrique
� Player calls team-mate gay for having teeth whitened
� Midfielder reprimanded about future conduct

Liverpool's Suso has been fined �10,000 by the Football Association for calling team-mate Jos� Enrique "gay" on Twitter. The 19 year old has also been warned about his future conduct. Suso last month posted a picture of Enrique having his teeth whitened with the comment: "What f*** is he doing? This guy is gay � he does everything except play football." The attacking midfielder later deleted the tweet and uploaded the photograph with a different comment, saying: "I dunno what to say..." Suso has now been reprimanded for the remark. The FA said in a statement: "Following an independent regulatory commission hearing on Monday, Liverpool's Jes�s Fern�ndez S�ez (Suso) has been fined �10,000 and warned as to his future conduct for a comment posted on Twitter. The charge, which the player admitted and requested a paper hearing, was that he acted in a way which was improper and-or brought the game into disrepute in that the comment was posted on his Twitter account and included a reference to a person's sexual orientation and-or disability." Suso has become an increasingly important member of the Liverpool first team and has made 13 appearances so far this season. The attacking midfielder moved to Anfield from his hometown club C�diz in 2010 and signed a new long-term contract in October. Enrique later took to Twitter to express his surprise at Suso's punishment. "Is amazing how FA can fine my friend Suso Fern�ndez for a banter thing. Was just a joke!!!" the Spaniard wrote.

yes it's banter but one should know better

this just happened btw.

[smg58]

So he has the intelligence and maturity of a typical 20-year-old, in other words.

[stevejrogers]

smg58 wrote: So he has the intelligence and maturity of a typical 20-year-old, in other words.

Pretty much.

[ashie62]

Tops at 99 and sits at 94/95. Was a straight Fastball/Change thrower. Toronto had him add a slider which increased the velocity in what was a weak third pitch curve.

This was from jaysprospects.com a few weeks ago. I'm kinda excited about him.

[HahnSolo]

In his defense, the guy was wearing crocs.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

HahnSolo wrote: In his defense, the guy was wearing crocs.

lol