The Sunny Philly Side of the Beltran News

Written by Mike Mariano | 17 January 2010

This Carlos Beltran battle has undoubtedly been a bright part of my week.  Carlos had surgery, wasn't supposed to, the Mets didn't know, he said, she said.  Awesome.  The team won't have him for the first month or so of the season, and that's if things go well.  As I right this, I can feel the "bah! typical Phillies fans, celebrating an injury" coming.  Go right ahead and throw it out there, but it isn't the reality.  The reality is that this gives me so much pleasure because it's another example of the dysfunctional Mets organization at work. I don't root for Mets players to get injured because then it just leaves room for "Oh, well we weren't at full strength, we had injuries, blah, blah, blah" when the Phillies top the Mets in the standings.  I want the Mets at full strength to really break their spirits.

My favorite Beltran post of the week comes from Real Fake Sports, who highlighted the real reason the Mets were so angry; Beltran performed the surgery on himself!:

The New York Mets are outraged with their centerfielder Carlos Beltran and his decision to perform surgery on his own knee. The team had hoped Beltran would have sought the services of an actual sports medicine physician.

"I can't believe Carlos would do that," said an angered member of Mets management. "He had no idea what he was doing and could have cause some serious damage. I wish Carlos would have taken the time to discuss further options with our medical staff instead of taking things into his own hands. Literally. If he didn't want to utilize the Mets team physician that's one thing, but performing a surgery on yourself? That ludicrous!"