eMailbag: Why Charity Event after Trip
Chris G sent in the following e-mail, asking:
“Can you explain to me what genius in the Mets organization decided it would be a good idea to schedule a charity event on the first off-day following a stretch of 21 straight games played, following their second road trip to the West Coast in two weeks?”
…i complained of this yesterday, as well, as did Keith Hernandez during Sunday’s broadcast…
…from what i understand, to the team’s credit, they did check with all sorts of people during spring training, from the players to Omar Minaya to Willie Randolph, when trying to find a date that worked for every one involved…also, several players joined on last minute, which would suggest they did not view this as the monumental inconvenience that you and i see it as…
…that said, despite what the players said, i just feel like the decision makers could have done the team a favor of allowing a true off day following such a bizarre and tedious travel schedule…of course, if the team was winning right now, i doubt i’d be writing any of this…
