It is a lot harder to make fun of the Mets now that they are one of the best teams in baseball, but it’s impossible to see this tweet and not say something.
Mets superstar infielder Francisco Lindor was ruled out in the first game of their series against the Dodgers because he caught a finger in the door of a hotel room. Even just typing that out right now feels absurd, but sometimes the truth is way stranger than fiction.
If it hurt enough that a professional athlete decided to sit out, it must have been a brutal slam. But one person who sees the humor in the situation is Mets owner Steve Cohen.
After the news broke on Thursday night, here is what he said on Twitter:
Lin-door just got hurt by a door , ironic
— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) June 3, 2022
“Lin-door just got hurt by a door,” said Cohen. “Ironic.”
In fairness to Cohen, it is pretty ironic that someone whose name sounds like “door” got injured by a door.
However, while it was originally exciting to see an owner like Cohen tweet about baseball when he first bought the team, that honeymoon did not last for very long.
It got ugly when he tweeted about former Mets pitcher Steven Matz, and fans hated what he had to say about unsigned first-round draft pick Kumar Rocker as well.
So maybe, as funny as the joke was for Cohen, he shouldn’t tweet jokes about when his players get injured. Unless, of course, Lindor sees the humor in his own injury as well.
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