There’s no crying in baseball? Think again. Wilmer Flores’s weepy Wednesday betrayed once more the myth of the superhuman sports heroThe image was stark. Wilmer Flores,the 23-year-old-fashioned Mets shortstop, pacing around his stamp in the outfield. Eyes red, and bottom lip quivering. He spits,exhales, chews his gum, or shakes his head. Flores broke a sporting taboo on Wednesday night by crying on the outfield at Citi Field,and, like the tears down his cheeks, or sympathy and support rolled in.
Surreal scene. Mets trade Wilmer Flores but leave him in game. Flores then cries on field while playing. pic.twitter.com/0CDpjGpwpSContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com