Well apparently, the friendly spirit of competition seems to have gotten the better of some of the Mets players prompting the team to ban all further World Cup games from the clubhouse. Additionally, the Mets have banned all discussion of the games for the duration of the cup.
It seems on Sunday, Jeff Francoeur and Rod Barajas were involved in a minor brawl after yesterdays game in Baltimore. The source of the arguement? You guessed it. The Slovenia/Algeria contest. Francoeur who has adopted Slovenia reportedly got a little too cocky with Barajas, who is represented by Algeria. Some pushing and shoving ensued and eventually escalated into punches being thrown. No one was seriously injured and the two reportedly settled their dispute amicably but judging by their comments, The Apple suspects there may be some lingering hard feelings.
"The guy is a sore loser.", says Frenchy. "Robert Koren took them to school plain and simple. Rod just can't handle that."
Barajas sees it differently. "He's trashing Chaouchi, but it wasn't his fault. It was a defensive breakdown by Belhadj that really led to the goal. Frenchy doesn't know anything about soccer."
Officially, the Mets brass has asked the players to cancel the bet but the word around the clubhouse is that the wager will continue quietly. Francoeur however is not being quiet about anything. Standing by his locker, waving a miniature Slovenian flag and sporting a black eye, Frenchy could be heard shouting, "Slovenia baby! All the way!"
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WHAT???? No Gary Matthews reference in this article? BBAAAHHHH!
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