Quote: Church Blames Church
Ryan Church told reporters yesterday 
that he has no problem with the way the Mets have handled his recovery from a recent concussion, during which he has not been put on the disabled list has pinch hit on three occasions while being unable to start due to dizziness.
In fact, according to Church, he probably should not have pushed himself so hard, thus potentially making matters worse.
Church, talking to reporters from the dugout at Shea, prior to yesterday’s game, said:
“They didn’t do anything wrong…When it came down to it, they asked. I was the final say and I told them, basically, I couldn’t go out on the field and play, but I could pinch-hit. I told them all it takes is one swing to help this team out…That’s the toughest thing for me to sit here and not be able to chip in and help. That’s where I think I really got caught up in it.”
To watch video of Church speaking to reporters prior to yesterday’s game, courtesy of 
, click here.
…if he’s telling the Mets he can pinch hit, i understand them wanting to keep him accessible – seeing as he’s been one of their best hitters…
…that said, it would have been nice to have the additional, full-time player on the roster, especially last week when all hell was breaking loose…
…this was mishandled, if for no other reason than it seems odd to me that church is getting the ‘final say,’ because, a) he is not a doctor, and b) he isn’t team’s general manager…
Though he is still ‘a little woozy,’ Church played catch in the outfield in Shea Stadium before yesterday’s game, and, according to SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt, looked much better while talking to reporters than he had earlier in the week.
According to other reports, Church will return to the lineup two days after being diagnosed as ‘symptom-free’ by team doctors.
For more on Church, and how the team has handled, or mishandled, his roster spot, read the Daily News, New York Times, Newsday, Journal News and the New York Post.
