An Honest Reaction

At 2 am, I had nothing better to do than go through some of the more exciting highlights from this week’s games.  As I checked out MLB.com’s video highlight of Gary Sheffield’s 500th home run on Friday night, I caught something interesting out of the corner of my eye.  In a dugout full of excited Mets, there was one Met sitting in the corner, unmoved.

I rewound the footage and paused, trying to figure out who it was.  Well, the image speaks for itself. 

(By the way, I don’t own the rights to this image; it belongs to MLB.com, I’m not using it for commercial gain, and arguably it’s in promotion of their own highlight clip, which I would link to here except I can’t find it again.  Can you tell I’m in law school?)

So my first reaction was just to think it strange and wonder why he was so grumpy.  Then it clicked.  Ryan’s in direct competition with Gary, and this does not bode well for him.  Well, I don’t think he has TOO much to worry about.  Gary’s a good PH, but Ryan’s been consistent and I’m pretty comfortable with saying his spot is secure.  Still, if this lights a fire under his *** and makes him produce… all the better.

But still… Smile, Ryan! You’re on tv.