Matt Harvey Gets In A Twitter Fight With Yankees Fan

Matt Harvey you are KILLING ME, bro. I sound like a broken record every time I have to blog about him getting mixed up with some off the field shit like this – if you claim that you want to follow the Jeter Blueprint, you’re doing it very ,very wrong. Thats basically the theme of every blog I end up writing about him, because its true.

Now don’t get me wrong – Matt Harvey doesn’t have to do that. I’ve always thought Jeter was almost weird with how private he is. Its 100% the best approach a pro athlete can take, but I wouldn’t blame anybody for not wanting to live their life like a reclusive robot. My problem is that right now Harvey is kind of teetering on the line of being a PC Jeter-type and just being a normal dude who doesn’t really give a fuck. Like take this stupid ass twitter argument here. Its the perfect example of what Matt is doing wrong. 1) Probably just shouldn’t be tweeting all about your vacation in Thailand to begin with. Fans hate that shit, haters will jump all over you for it. You open yourself up to this kind of drama. 2) When the twitter trolls do respond to your dumb tweet, don’t take the bait. Just don’t fucking do it dude. You absolutely cannot win when you stoop the level of fighting with fans. 3) If you DO decide to engage, then fucking go all out. This exchange about how you beat the Yankees before and talking about throwing baseballs and shit is just so lame. Responding like 4, 5, 6 times looks desperate. “Good morning to everyone who is NICE!” Yawn bro. Some fucking loser Yankees fan picks a fight with you either let it go or eviscerate him. Like I said you’re never gonna “win” and its just gonna cause more drama, but if you’re gonna engage then fucking engage.

Bottom line is Harvey just kinda needs to decide who he is. He’s either gotta completely change things up and actually follow the Jeter Blueprint like he said he wanted to, or, he’s gotta cut loose and just be himself. Looking at the way he pitches and competes, I think the latter is probably more realistic. Stop worrying about his image – good, bad, private, professional – whatever. And just do you. So far he’s done some interviews and given some quotes and said some things that get misconstrued and spun – which happens to everyone. But then he’ll respond or deny or apologize and thats what I think the real problem is.  Just pick a side and do it, Matt. Right now you’re stuck in the middle and its not a good look.