Mets Send Jason Bay To Port St. Lucie For Rehab...By Bus

Jason Bay entered his meeting on Monday with great enthusiasm and expectations. He was hoping that he could convince Sandy Alderson and his braintrust that he was ready, willing, and able to take his rightful place in left field for the Mets (or was it his leftful place in right field? I forget).

They heard him out and decided that it would be prudent to have him face warm live pitching for the next couple of days. They told him he would have to go back to Florida and then on Thursday he could play with the big club.

What follows is an example of the depths of the team's financial crisis. They handed him a bus ticket out of Port Authority back to Florida.

Bay pleaded to go by plane but was denied. Then his agent called asking for the same thing but willing to compromise for an Amtrak ticket. The Mets brass played hardball (which is more than what we can say about the actual team).

By the time you read this Jason should be just south of Delaware.

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