Daily News Says Harvey Was Out Drinking The Night Before He Missed His Meeting

NYDN – Embattled Mets ace Matt Harvey struck out with teammates Tuesday when he missed a mandatory pre-playoff workout — hours after sources say he downed a couple of cocktails and wine with friends. Harvey and the team stumbled their way through an explanation, initially blaming the blunder on tunnel traffic. Manager Terry Collins claimed Harvey was excused and that he told the hard-throwing hurler he didn’t have to show up. The comedy of errors continued when Harvey came to Citi Field anyway and suggested he simply lost track of time. Well, one thing was clear. “I screwed up,” Harvey said, flipping from the Dark Knight to Mr. Distraction. “Obviously, today was not the greatest,” he told reporters as the team workout wound down. “I told everybody and apologized to everybody and told them it’s not going to happen again, never happened before,” Harvey said. “Unfortunately it happened at a bad time, a mandatory time. I truly, I just screwed up.”  A source told The News that Harvey was out the night before watching Monday Night Football at American Cut in Tribeca. Harvey watched the game with his friends in the underground Morrison Room, where they munched on chicken wings and popcorn shrimp. “He had a couple of cocktails and a couple of glasses of wine,” an employee said. “He wasn’t drunk or anything. He was out of there by 11 p.m. He was with a bunch of dudes… He’s a really nice guy. I think he probably just missed his alarm.”

Well what a couple of fucking lightweights we got in NYC these days, huh? CC checking into rehab after a few too many at the hotel bar and Matt Harvey cant make it to work the next day after some beer and wings watching Monday Night Football. Matt Harvey is 26. You should be able to make it to work the next day no matter what. At 26 you need like 1 hour of sleep and a Gatorade and you should be good to go. Be the first person at your desk. Especially if you just have a couple beers watching the Seahawks/Lions.

Of course the reality is Matt Harvey probably went home with like 2 or 3 chicks and partied his dick off until like 7am. But it doesnt matter. I dont care if you have a few beers the night before or if you’re watching the sun rise while having an orgy, you gotta make it to work on time. Thats like the number 1 rule in life. Just show up. You dont even need to necessarily perform at times. You just gotta be there so you dont raise red flags. Right now Darryl and Doc are probably shaking their heads in disgust. Matt Harvey had too many popcorn shrimp at a bougie Tribeca bar and missed the team meeting. Strawberry and Gooden used to be tied up in an alley after getting robbed by a crack dealer and they still made it to the ballpark and still rode the float at a parade. Step your game up, Matt. I dont care what you do off the field- I actually encourage all that other nonsense – as long as you make it on the field the next day.