Mets Had to Separate Keith Hernandez and Jose Reyes on Plane
Even though Jose Reyes is quickly becoming one of the players on the Mets that I want traded immediately, I was going to congratulate him for tying the Mets All-Time triples record that was set by Mookie Wilson. However, I just came across a really juicy article by the New York Post which made me change my mind. During the game when Reyes threw his glove up in the air, Keith Hernandez said that the Mets were “babying” Reyes and “He’s got to get over that. Enough babying going on now. He’s a grown man. He’s been around a long enough time. Take off the kid gloves.” Well, Jose’s friends and relatives told him what Keith said which led to a “very heated” situation on the plane out to St. Louis. After Reyes confronted Hernadez, Keith said “I was just doing my job - you should do yours.” Supposedly, they almost were about to exchange punches. Both Jose and Keith deny that the situation was anything more than a conversation, but other players on the plane said otherwise.
Toe-to-toe, blow-for-blow, round-for-round, I got Keith’s back in this one. I love his quote, “I was just doing my job - you should do yours.” Isn’t that the truth. He’s one of my favorite Mets of All-Time, and he’s a legend in Queens. He has rings and played the game the way it should be played. Reyes is like a pimple on Keith’s rear end right now so he’s messing with the wrong cat. The Mets are babying Jose, and this is just another incident on his part so this is it for me. I now want him out as much as I want Delgado and Castillo out. I would only have been impressed by Reyes if he shut the hell up and played like a professional who makes millions of dollars. He is going backwards instead of forwards, and that shouldn’t happen at 25. I don’t remember this stuff happening the first three seasons, it’s all since he got benched by Willie. He has no heart which is why he’s unable to come through in the clutch or listen to people when he’s does wrong. I would feel much better if he was doing this stuff when he was a rookie and not doing it anymore. This kid’s heads too damn big.
