Mandatory Workout

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ceetar wrote: my perception of Collins in general and the quote posted yes, but here: Mike Vorkunov wrote: TC obviously annoyed the Harvey story has blown up. He tried to diminish it. Says it's been handled and they're done with it.

Well if TC expects less after all these years (and given The Harvester in
general), then then he's a dumbass too.

[stevejrogers]

Way too many stories with this guy.

Maybe a nice change of scenery to a mid or small market city would do him some good.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

The dangerous thing about such workout days is that there are many writers and they ALL need to file something -- and all of them used their best off-day ideas yesterday.

The goal is to not provide fodder for stupid stories. The other goal is to give them something better to write about.

That said, I suspect we've all been caught in crazy New York traffic at least once.

[Guest themetfairy]

d'Kong76 wrote: He could have been handcuffed to a hotel bed and couldn't get up until housekeeping cut him loose!

I'm rooting for this theory. At least it would be entertaining.

[Guest cooby]

lol...now THAT would be a good story. The "stuck in traffic" one is kinda lame. Chained to a bed until the little French chambermaid found him sounds much more juicy!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I believe Harvey had a flashback to his college days at UNC and thought it was a manditory class, so naturally he skipped it.

[Fman99]

Holy cow it's Didn't-Show-Up-For-Workout-Gate!

Bored reporters. Whatevs. You think Jim Bouton carted his hungover ass out of bed for every Monday workout? Puh-lease.

[Guest d'Kong76]

It's not bored reporters. The star pitcher let his team down
and then had to have a press conference for damage control.

It will be talked about Game One on national television and
definitely again when he gets the ball for Game Three. It's an
unneeded distraction from a guy who should be becoming a
leader and not a constant me-me-me guy all the time.

I didn't mean to call Terry a dumbass above... but the sticking
up for this crap by saying it's not a big thing (when obviously
TC and his team mates are tiring of the side shows) is totally
just putting blinders on.

[Ceetar]

the guy showed up late for a workout, it's not like it was a game, or BP, or whatever. it happens, no one's perfect. It's not like he did it maliciously. He'll answer for it, internally, as the case should be. "Let the team down?" hell, if no one had said anything half the guys probably wouldn't have even realized he wasn't there. Like I said earlier, Lagares misses a workout and we wouldn't even have heard about it. The national broadcast is going to talk about a lot of inane stuff, that's not really a barometer.

And I doubt anyone on the team cares. It's the playoffs. Matt will pay his fine or whatever and they'll consider the matter closed.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ceetar wrote: And I doubt anyone on the team cares.

Lol, there's them goggles again. I'm done, bro... let's go Mets!!!

[G-Fafif]

d'Kong76 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: People find ways to argue over the stupidest shit. There's no reason he can't be selfish and be a dumbass. In fact, he can possibly be a selfish dumbass who was out partying. Out partying and he fucked up. These things aren't mutually exclusive. He could have been handcuffed to a hotel bed and couldn't get up until housekeeping cut him loose!

Pretty sure "stuck in tunnel traffic" is a euphemism.

[Edgy MD]

Of course the team cares.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah being late much worse crime than eating lunch while a game is going on.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

TransMonk wrote: Well, there was a sliver of time when no one on the team knew why he was not there/late. These questions could have been asked during that sliver.

If only there were a telecommunications company that provides quality communications which could have assisted with this.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

themetfairy wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: He could have been handcuffed to a hotel bed and couldn't get up until housekeeping cut him loose! I'm rooting for this theory. At least it would be entertaining.

Photo snapped shortly after he was untied.

[MFS62]

I was an hour late to my own wedding because I got stuck in traffic on the Long Island Expressway.
[crossout](Well, I wasn't exactly chained to the bed.)[/crossout]

I believe him.


Later

[Centerfield]

Matt Harvey issued this statement:

Practice? We talkin' bout practice? We not talkin' bout the game. We talkin' about practice. I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. (Within, of course, the constraints of my innings limit.) Not the game, but we're talkin' about practice, man. I mean, how silly is that? � And we talking about practice. I know I supposed to be there. I know I'm supposed to lead by example... I know that... And I'm not.. I'm not shoving it aside, you know, like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I do. I honestly do... But we talkin' about practice man.

[TransMonk]

The Mets posted pics of this morning's workout on social media and Harvey was in attendance. Traffic must have been lighter this morning.

Seriously, though, I find it really hard to get my undies in a bundle over this one.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Centerfield wrote: Matt Harvey issued this statement: Practice? We talkin' bout practice? We not talkin' bout the game. We talkin' about practice. I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last. (Within, of course, the constraints of my innings limit.) Not the game, but we're talkin' about practice, man. I mean, how silly is that? � And we talking about practice. I know I supposed to be there. I know I'm supposed to lead by example... I know that... And I'm not.. I'm not shoving it aside, you know, like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I do. I honestly do... But we talkin' about practice man.

Big LOL

[TransMonk]

Harvey did not miss the bus to the airport for the flight to LA:

[fimg=450:2d7z6sui]http://i.imgur.com/EDwWMM4.png[/fimg:2d7z6sui]

Grandy seems confident:

[fimg=450:2d7z6sui]http://i.imgur.com/R6HLV0U.png[/fimg:2d7z6sui]

[Edgy MD]

I love the body language on this:


TC: "I mean... which is it, Matt? Are you selfish, a dumb-
ass, or a fuck-up? Because those are the only three pos-
sibilities anyone's come up with so far? Actually, I'm
wrong. Those are the best three possibilities."

MH: "(Just keep pushing me, little man.)"

[Guest d'Kong76]

Collins - AP wrote: "I can't say there wouldn't be something else, but there's no more on my side. Is he going to have to wait on a couple guys on the plane? Maybe. The players deal with that stuff, not me."

Coach Cuddy: "Make mine a vodka tonic, Snuggles. And fetch me an extra
pillow too. Oh, and fluff it up a little... my neck is stiff."

[Guest cooby]

I love this thread

[Elster88]

Not sure if this was posted yet.


Ron Darling adds perspective to Matt Harvey's late arrival to Mets' practice
Updated October 7, 2015 10:47 PM
By ANTHONY RIEBER anthony.rieber@newsday.com

PITTSBURGH -- On the day after Matt Harvey's late arrival to Mets practice, pitching coach Dan Warthen on Wednesday said, "There were a lot of boys on that '86 team that didn't make practice, either."

Ron Darling, an actual '86 Met, said he understood what Warthen meant: The latest L'Affaire Harvey isn't the biggest deal and shouldn't stop the Mets from reaching their ultimate goal.

"It's really hard for me to criticize," Darling said last night at PNC Park, where he called the Pirates-Cubs NL wild-card game for TBS. "Half our team didn't make the [World Series] parade . . . We had guys who barely showed up to games."

[Edgy MD]

They were young men in the eighties acting like young men, but Darling is more than a little caught up in the myth of the team. It's absolutely untrue that half of them didn't make the parade.

And to the extent that it's got an air or truthiness, well, the next point may be to note that there may be a reason it was your last parade.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: It's absolutely untrue that half of them didn't make the parade.

Dwight Gooden wasn't there, but I'm pretty sure everyone else was. And everyone noticed that Doc wasn't there. Many years later he confessed that he missed the parade because he was up late partying with strangers and taking cocaine.

I don't really think that this is the template we want to use going forward.

[Edgy MD]

Mandatory workout coming before the World Series. Who wants to make sure Harvey gets up on time?

[Guest d'Kong76]

The alarm was on 'radio' and the volume was turned down!