Mets take lead in creating a winning clubhouse-NY Post

Bart Hubbuch, Atlanta: "The Mets consider their players' psyches so fragile that they no longer provide copies of The Post or the other New York tabloid in their Citi Field clubhouse.

The newspapers were a staple of the Mets' clubhouse for decades at Shea Stadium, but a source said

• team management didn't want the players exposed to the "bad vibes" from the tabloids after back-to-back September collapses.

The only newspaper now provided in the clubhouse is USA Today, whose coverage of the Mets is very limited.

• Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz confirmed the removal of the tabloids,

• but claimed it was because the club "didn't want to play favorites among the New York newspapers."

Horwitz also said the Mets chose to provide USA Today because "it is the official paper of Major League Baseball," even though USA Today is published by Gannett." "Sensitive Mets Won't be Reading this Mean Old Story," Hubbuch, via SportingNews.com.

• A good beginning by the Mets. sm

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