Wagner, Mets spend rain out in the spin cycle

Let’s review boys and girls. Here are the words of Mets closer Billy Wagner following the team’s 1-0 loss to the Nationals Thursday:

"Someone tell me why the (expletive) you're talking to the closer. I didn't even play. They're over there, not being interviewed. ... I got it. They're gone. (Expletive) shocker."

Before the Mets and Yankees were rained out at the Stadium Friday, the Mets got more media attention than Britney’s latest appearance on How I Met Your Mother.

There’s definitely one show the Mets WON’T be on anytime soon: The O’Reilly Factor and its infamous ‘No Spin Zone.” As you can see on the video on this site, Billy the Kid CLEARLY is pointing somewhere. Who are the ‘they’re’ in his last sentence? When asked today, Wagner said this was the creation of someone’s imagination. Who is he kidding? No one created these comments except Wagner himself. You wonder if the Mets (read Omar and Fred) intervened. Remember several years back when Keith Hernandez said the Mets quit on the season? Mike Piazza was so upset, Mex had to retract his comments on TV the next day. This reeks of meddling by the front office. YES, we all don’t want to see our dirty laundry in public. Wagner could have just kept his mouth shut. BUT HE DIDN’T-even pausing before dropping the F-bombs.

Meanwhile, Carlos Delgado told our Lolita Lopez that he wasn’t surprised by what the lefty said, but that he and Billy are ‘straight.’ These responses indicate problems somewhere. If Delgado’s not surprised by his teammate’s words, WHO was Wagner referring to? Why can’t Wagner just be honest (to a point) and just say today, “I want all of us to step up on and off the field. Play hard and deal with the press like professionals.” Wagner DOES have a beef: the media hordes need NOT surround him if he doesn’t appear in a game. But to spend a good part of the day saying “I said nothing about no one is very Clintonesque: (“I did not have sexual relations with that woman…) claiming one thing when all the evidence-visual, audio or DNA points otherwise.

There ARE problems here. We may not know along what lines (racial, age, etc.) but the Mets look very much like the Yankees of the Bronx Zoo in the 70’s. How strange it must have been-the Yankees were virtually ignored Friday. The Mets were front and back page news-for all the wrong reasons. As Lolita reminded me, if things don’t change soon, the next team meeting will be to introduce a new coach/manager or GM. Let’s hope the rainout at the Stadium gave the Mets the chance to clear the air. The stench of inconsistent play, and now back biting followed by backpedaling, could prove deadly.