Another tough loss for the New York Mets led to an ugly scene in the clubhouse Sunday, when manager Mickey Callaway reportedly snarled at a beat reporter and asked for the removal of the journalist, who was threatened by New York pitcher Jason Vargas.
Mets players Noah Syndergaard and Carlos Gomez reportedly intervened when Vargas moved in the direction of Newsday’s Tim Healey, after suggesting to the reporter that he might “knock you the f— out.”
Moments before, according to reports, Callaway had used profanity while angrily addressing Healey. The episode unfolded in the visitors’ clubhouse at Wrigley Field in Chicago, where the Mets blew a 3-2 lead in the eighth inning and lost to the Cubs, 5-3.