Matt Harvey is not too happy about how the media handled the news of his bladder infection.
The New York Mets ace almost missed his Opening Day start and even was afraid he might have cancer after recently passing a blood clot that was in his bladder. And after Harvey discussed how the doctor told him to make sure he urinates more frequently to avoid any problems in the future, the New York media had a field day.
The back pages of the New York Daily News and New York Post featured plenty of bathroom jokes about Harvey on Wednesday, with the Post going to far as to include all the headlines it didn’t use. Harvey ended up declining to speak to the media altogether Wednesday, and Mets manager Terry Collins had his back.
“I don’t blame him,” Collins told the Daily News. “Nobody in here blames him. We were scared Monday. You know how scary it is when they are talking about having to decide in 24 hours what kind of procedure they would have to do to remove the clot if it didn’t pass? They were talking about the fact he wouldn’t be able to fly to New York.
“He was scared,” the manager added. “We were all scared for him. And to see everyone make a joke out of it … yeah, he’s mad. He’s not the only one who is.”
Collins understood why the jokes were easy to make, but ultimately the skipper was worried about Harvey’s scare being a major one.
“Did he say too much about going to the bathroom? Yeah maybe,” Collins said. “But the kid is hearing about procedures and blood clots one day and the next he’s getting made fun of. It’s New York, we understand that, but it was his health.”
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