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Cora Not Happy with Mets Taking Losses Lightly

The veteran utilityman, miffed by the laughter inside the Mets’ clubhouse after last night’s 3-2 loss to the Diamondbacks, fired venom in the direction of Mike Pelfrey and reporters who were joking at the pitcher’s locker.

Cora spouted an expletive in Spanish and raised his voice in the direction of Pelfrey and re porters as he de parted the clubhouse at Chase Field.

“A little respect, please!” Cora snapped. “They stuck it up our [butts].”

It was later reported that Cora wasn’t upset with his teammates, he was mad at reporters in the clubhouse who were being loud and laughing. SNY analyst Ron Darling on tonight’s Mets broadcast talked about how press protocol when a team is not doing well is to get into the clubhouse, get your interviews and get out.

When a team is winning, they tend to be far looser and would be much more forgiving of this kind of behavior. It is really their house and the press are guests in that house.