Mets Still Taking Offense at Milledge
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Earlier this week, Lastings Milledge told Sports Illustrated that he’s happy to be with the Nationals after a rocky rookie season with the Mets, “I can’t go through anything worse than I went through in New York. It only gets better from here. A lot of veterans didn’t like the way I play the game. They thought I didn’t respect it.”
Honestly, it’s hard to fault him: he was put through the wringer with the Mets, with teammates chastising him in the press and the locker room for offenses as slight as showing too much enthusiasm after his first home run and appearing in a rap song that included (gasp!) profanity.
Milledge was hardly the only one who rubbed teammates the wrong way — Jose Reyes has promised to succumb to the peer pressure and tone down his act as well this year — but I can’t blame Milledge for being happy he’s now in a clubhouse that’s a little more accepting of free spirits. Not surprisingly, some of Milledge former teammates still aren’t amused to hear him talk.