Via @adamrubinespn
Mets had 42 people at Walter Reed. Only two absent were Taylor Buchholz and Frankie Rodriguez, who arrived in DC with permission today.
Mets PR person made a point to volunteer the info to reporters.
Via @SurfingTheMets
K-Rod only gets to see his kids twice a month, and a scheduled visit with them conflicted with voluntary Walter Reed visit.
Buchholz was in Philly, also spending the day with a 5-year-old son he hardly ever gets the chance to see.
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Now me, I have kids. If I didn’t get to see them often and there was an off-day from the main job and my boss asked me to go to Walter Reed…I would have to pick my kids.
I know this was a free-for-all topic last year, but this shouldn’t be this year.
And if it does become one, let’s change the tweet to “Only two absent were Ike Davis and RA Dickey, who arrived in DC with permission today” and see if people are still mad.
