“Just keeping it loose,” Tomas Nido said. “The younger guys feel more comfortable and keep it loose even when you are trying to accomplish your ultimate goal. It’s a long year.”
Enough players and staff wanted to participate that cuts were necessary to trim the list of entrants. Participants in group acts carved out practice time.Monday for the World Baseball Classic“There’s about three times in the spring where there is a little lull,” Showalter said before the Mets faced the Nationals in an exhibition game. “Anything like this that brings everybody together, you find something out that you didn’t know and always positive.
“It’s a good vibe. They took a lot of pride in it. These guys perform for a living. This is what they do, they put themselves on the line to ridicule every night. You have got to have some guts.” Brandon Nimmo was among the Mets players who didn’t participate in the show. Does Nimmo have a talent?The Mets in past years have held team bonding events that ranged from bowling nights to poker games and shark fishing. Last year, Max Scherzer organized an indoor golf gathering.
“Today’s show was a real fun time to see everybody’s talent outside of baseball,” Alonso said. “It was real cool for guys to show a different side of themselves.”