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The Mets’ Lousy Week Continues
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To recap the Mets week:
- Players gave a “thumbs down” gesture to fans during a game because they didn’t like being booed. Their feelings were hurt.
- President Sandy Alderson issued a statement calling the behavior unacceptable.
- Javy Baez and Francisco Lindor apologized.
Now we’ve got the team’s acting General Manager arrested for allegedly driving drunk, via the The New York Post:
It’s another thumbs-down for the Mets.
Acting General Manager Zack Scott is facing driving while intoxicated charges after he was busted dozing in his car in White Plains, The Post has learned.
Scott, 44, was nabbed at 4:17 a.m. Tuesday when cops caught him snoozing in a 2018 Toyota on South Lexington Avenue near the federal courthouse, White Plains Police Capt. James Spencer said Wednesday.
The embattled GM refused to give blood or submit to a breathalyzer but underwent a field sobriety test and failed, Spencer said.
He was charged and released and is due back in White Plains City Court on Thursday.
Jeff Passan at ESPN reports that Scott was at owner Steve Cohen’s home that night. That was for a fundraiser for the team’s Amazin’ Mets Foundation.
Here’s a team statement:
We were surprised and deeply disappointed to learn this morning about an alleged DUI involving Zack Scott. We take this matter very seriously. Zack will not be traveling with the team for our upcoming road trip while we learn more and determine next steps.
— New York Mets (@Mets) September 1, 2021
Gotta bust this out to end the story:
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com