While explaining what happened when shortstop Jose Reyes put up a fight when asked to leave a game with a hamstring injury Tuesday, Mets’ manager Jerry Manuel joked:
“I told him next time he does that I’m going to get my blade out and cut him. I’m a gangster. You go gangster on me, I’m going to have to get you. You do that again, I’m going to cut you right on the field,” quipped Manuel, who reinserted Reyes at shortstop and the leadoff spot for last night’s series finale against the Angels.
Somebody fill Manuel in on the young people’s lingo. It’s not gangster, it’s “gangsta.” I know he was only joking, but that’s a weird thing to say to your starting shortstop.
