Mets Lifers: Matt Cain is A Really Good Pitching Punk

And his 77 Sulphate Strip book was pretty damn goo...oops, bollocks that one.

Matt Cain is good. Correction, Matt Cain is very good. He may very well win the Cy Young Award this year.

But ultimately he’s a Class A punk.

The hat tip during Saturday’s game sealed the deal for me. I believe Cain didn’t throw at Wright on purpose or at least he wasn’t trying to hit him in the head. He was visibly upset about having done that, but then he had to go and tip his hat to the irate Mets fans who were obviously, and deservedly, angered at Cain for almost killing the face of the franchise while sending him to the hospital.

...But here’s the thing, Cain isn’t saying that’s why he tipped his cap. In fact he’s changing his story. On WFAN’s Joe & Evan in the Mid-day, Evan Roberts noted that Cain when asked about tipping his cap after the game originally said something to the effect that “hey, this is New York” alluding to the fact that fans often prey on players and players in turn play to the crowd.

But Roberts went on to say when Can was asked again later about whether or not he tipped his cap on purpose Cain said, “I was just adjusting my cap” and that he wasn’t tipping his cap to the crowd.

Now if he was tipping his cap to the Giants fans behind the dugout, then fine, but why not say so? Why change your story? Just come out and say you’re a punk and it was probably not the right thing to do. End of story.