While the series pitting the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers against each other is about as big a series as Major League Baseball can offer in the first week of June, a lot of the drama and intrigue is coming before the first pitch.
Before Thursday’s game, it was revealed that New York shortstop Francisco Lindor had injured himself shutting his hotel room door on his right middle finger. If that doesn’t feel like an “only the Mets” story, we have another one.
New York is displeased with the working conditions at Dodger Stadium — specifically in the video room. Now, the Mets certainly have experience in the Dodger Stadium video room. It is the third-oldest park in all of baseball, after all. So, what’s the problem this time? The smell.
Mets aren't thrilled with the working conditions at Dodger Stadium. According to one Met, the video room is dingy and smells like rat urine. Says it's far below MLB standards.
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) June 3, 2022
Baseball fans had plenty to say on this complaint. A primary issue raised was, how could the Mets be so sure of what animal’s urine they were smelling?
I'm so sorry how do they know what rat urine smells like specifically https://t.co/wPG1JdXwwC
— bring back phil bickford🙂↕️🙂↔️🙂↕️ (@BoyslnBIue) June 3, 2022
only the mets would have the refined nose for piss to identify rat urine specifically https://t.co/ljh3NDN0p3
— express written consent haver (@KenRosenthot) June 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/ThatFuncyMuncy1/status/1532536016828915713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1532536016828915713%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthecomeback.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php
https://twitter.com/slwein/status/1532535832086724614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1532535832086724614%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthecomeback.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php
Mike Puma of the New York Post, who reported the story, had a theory on that.
They walked into a subway station? https://t.co/b7DDrvcu2E
— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) June 3, 2022
Other people had similar ideas.
Isn’t that like a 5-star hotel in New York? What are they complaining about? https://t.co/5DCdviJuFc
— Guy IncogNEATO (@IncogneatoGuy) June 3, 2022
Maybe they didn’t shower after leaving NY https://t.co/6WO6qTZXYi
— ☃️ (@shawist) June 3, 2022
To be fair, it may be below MLB standards but it is precisely at New York City standards. https://t.co/JQMOwyjdtQ
— Matt Burnell (@mdburnell) June 3, 2022
Of course, the previous team to visit Dodger stadium got dragged into the argument, as well.
the Pirates came in and swept the Dodgers without complaining. Just saying. https://t.co/80jrWIev6g
— Just For The Craic (@cdgoldstein) June 3, 2022
1. How do they know what that smells like
2. I mean the pirates were just there
3. Why has no one else ever complained about this https://t.co/elw0RUyPpr— Angel (@ordunaangell) June 3, 2022
Thursday’s game is the first of a four-game series. So, for the sake of the Mets, we have to hope that the foul smell is a short-term issue. If it’s not, the Dodgers will be in New York from August 30 through September 1. We can only imagine what kind of revenge smell the Mets would have cooked up for that series.
