Yankees/Mets: Get your stories straight!!!

First it's Beltran and his knee surgery miscommunication, then Alex Rodriguez and his Dr. Galea connection, now Jose Reyes says oh no, it's not a overactive thyroid but a sore throat. REALLY?!?! When are these athletes, managers, and owners going to get on the same page? For the Yankees, I put the responsibility mostly on ARod.

I mean, come on, after what happened last season, you really aren't going to tell your bosses which doctors you visit??!?!? Did you simply forget to call the GM or Asst GM and say "hey my surgeon just told me to visit this Canadian doctor, is that okay with you guys?" No instead, ARod throws everyone off during Spring Training (I know, I WAS THERE!) when the news breaks and the Yankees brass are just finding out he visited Dr. Anthony Galea for treatment following his hip surgery. (Galea is accused of trafficking illegal drugs, including HGH, into the US. He has said he only treated the 3rd baseman with anti-inflammatories) I remember the look on Brian Cashman's face when he told us reporters, he didn't know ARod had seen this guy. "That's all I can tell you right now" Soon after that, the team released a statement: in short the Yanks said they never gave ARod permission to see Galea. Hey Alex, the team won't protect you if keep blindsiding them, especially the Yankees! No matter how good you might be, the Yankees are better.

Then there's the Mets...isn't it enough we have to worry about what players will do on the field? Do we now have to be concerned with calls not being made to the right people? How can anyone trust the team did all it could during the offseason, when there are 1700 different stories on what Carlos Beltran said about his knee surgery to GM Omar Minaya and what Minaya and Owner Jeff Wilpon interpreted, blah blah blah? Is Ben Sheets' agent out there saying, oh so that's why they didn't call? Just saying....

I got over that Beltran miscommunication and in speaking with everyone down in Port St. Lucie, I was satisfied with the responses. NOW, Reyes is saying he has a sore throat while the team is literally emailing a statement to all media personnel CONFIRMING an overactive thyroid. OH NO, NOT AGAIN? (and that's not just Mets PR talking) When the results came out, there should have been a discussion with players, managers et al. to figure out what the group will say publically, in English, Spanish, Japanese, whatever! Today, Minaya had to correct all miscomments and stress that he talked to Reyes and his agent and the doctors. Everyone is on the same page. WHOOSH! If I was an owner, I would know every little thing possible my athletes, especially the ones under a microscope, are doing. My father, an international track and field coach, knows even the Tylenol his athletes take for a headache. It's better to be safe than sorry. As an athlete, I would know to "check in" first. It's like a teenager who goes from the library to a friend's house, let me just call Mom so she knows where I am. Get back to basics. We aren't talking about being grounded. Now, it's the loss of millions of dollars in wages and the respect people will have for you. I don't risk that and I am not making $17, $25 mill....I'm no dummy!