The Mets and PR

How appropriate (sad?) is it that my first post is a negative one? I’m not talking about public relations up there, I’m talking about (no, not practice either) Putz and ranting. Putz’s short season was a miserable one. Fine, he got injured like every other member of the team. Oh, and they thought he’d return at some point. Also like every other member of the team…

Anyway, back on February 1st, 2010, stories were published that Putz “never really had a physical with the Mets” (e.g., http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/sports/baseball/02mets.html?scp=1&sq=j.j.%20putz&st=cse). I’ve since discovered that, even though we often hear that a deal or trade will be finalized “pending a physical,” not every trade involves physicals. The Mets already knew that Putz had bone spurs at the time of the trade, why wouldn’t they at least check its progress at that point? The Mets, not Minaya, stated that Putz was examined during spring training and before the World Baseball Classic. If that’s true, what would Putz’s motivation be to claim that he “never really had a physical with the Mets?” Regardless, they were the New York Mess during the 2009 season and one of the players from that team is currently causing a controversy for the Mets while playing for another team.

Look, my posts won’t all be so bitter (hopefully), it’s just that this story got released as we were creating this blog. Hey, new decade, new season, new happiness.

-StanO