Seriously though, is all this WBC hate implying that the Mets would have made the playoffs if not for its existence? Not a chance!

As outlined in Marty Noble’s article here, the Mets are clearly dopes. They were dopes handling this last year and they’re dopes now. But Putz was no help in his own situation. And, goodness gracious yes, no more of this stupid, inane, pointless, fucking World Baseball Classic, not during Spring Training at any rate, Yu Darvish or no Yu Darvish.

The problem is this restaurant is the only place people like us have to eat, and the owner doesn’t have to make rent or anything, so he’s part of the deal forever. It’s Angelos II.

I’d like to be wrong. I’d LOVE to be wrong.

My guess is management was aware of his bone spur but was given the impression from Putz that he could pitch through it effectively with both agreeing to see how it panned out (hence, enabling him to still pitch in the WBC). Yet, advising the media honestly about the situation would have been best for both parties so I suspect J.J. was told not to mention any bone spur because the Wilpons were concerned ticket sales would go down if fans knew Putz and others were players weren’t up to par and might possibly be put on the disabled list (which turned out to be the case in spades).

Stupid, I know.