breaking news; Austin Adams anounce his return to the mets on an interview……
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The A’s reliever, who first buzz-sawed through Mets bats and then mocked their “OMG” celebration before cursing up a storm coming off the mound Tuesday, said he is not on social media and didn’t know he caused much of a commotion with his appearance, saying his day unknowingly in the headlines had been “fine.”
By Wednesday, a formerly anonymous reliever who was briefly a Met in spring training had turned into an enemy of fans at Citi Field and an unpopular figure in the home clubhouse.
Edwin Diaz, for one, said Adams “crossed a line” in imitating the dance that has spread through the Mets that accompanies Jose Iglesias’ song and added that Adams “can’t get mad if we do something to him the next couple of days” — a threat for which the Mets followed through on Wednesday.
Does that bother Adams?
“Nope,” said the A’s righty, who only had one regret from his eventful Tuesday. “I wish I didn’t curse as much in the clubhouse or in the locker room, that’s pretty much it. I got to be a better representation to my kids.
“But at the end of the day, baseball is supposed to be — you’re supposed to have fun playing it, right? It’s entertainment.You’re supposed to have fun.”
Adams had plenty of fun in inheriting a two-on, none-out jam in the fifth inning Tuesday and proceeded to strike out Jeff McNeil, induce a foul out from Iglesias and watch Francisco Alvarez swing through strike three.
Against a team that designated him for assignment and then flipped him to Oakland in March, the 33-year-old got a dose of revenge five months later, acknowledging the opponent made the moment sweeter.
