Showalter says no sympathy in MLB: `People will step on your neck and laugh while you’re bleeding’
New York Mets manager Buck Showalter watches from the dugout during the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Stephanie Scarbrough]
NEW YORK (AP) — Mets manager Buck Showalter expects little empathy from the rest of the major leagues for his team’s sorry season. Expected to contend for a title with a record payroll of $355 million on opening day, the Mets entered the schedule’s last three weeks with a 65-77 record, eliminated from the NL East race on Sept. 2. Showalter says: “You’re looking for sympathy up here, people will step on your neck and laugh while you’re bleeding.”
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