<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mets-news-francisco-lindor-gucci-baseball-glove');   ga('set', 'title', 'You have to see Mets star Francisco Lindor’s custom Gucci glove');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Mets-news-You-have-to-see-Francisco-Lindor_s-custom-Gucci-glove-2.jpg"></figure><h1>You have to see Mets star Francisco Lindor’s custom Gucci glove</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-09T16:30:46-07:00">June 9th, 4:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-09T17:04:04-07:00">June 9th, 5:04pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Francisco Lindor is one of the flashiest players in baseball. He is always smiling, makes incredible plays at shortstop, and has dyed his hair multiple different colors during his MLB career. Now, Lindor is set to sport an attention-catching Gucci baseball glove, via Rawlings Baseball on Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Rawlings x <a href="https://twitter.com/gucci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@gucci</a> </p><p>We made one of our most unique gloves with Gucci for <a href="https://twitter.com/Lindor12BC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Lindor12BC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamRawlings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamRawlings</a> <a href="https://t.co/f42xNhXJmE">pic.twitter.com/f42xNhXJmE</a></p><p>— Rawlings Baseball (@RawlingsSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/RawlingsSports/status/1667266284386504707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Now you got my attention,” Lindor says in the video after seeing the Gucci glove. “Hell yeah!”</p><p>Additionally, Lindor says “100 percent I’ll be using this in the game.”</p><p>Gucci isn’t exactly known for baseball equipment and apparel. Perhaps they will begin teaming up with Rawlings to make more baseball equipment consistently. It would be good for player marketing and for the sport in general to get a major company like Gucci involved.</p><p>Although Francisco Lindor is excited for his new glove, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-embarrassing-braves-ozzie-albies-walk-off" rel="noopener">there hasn’t been much</a> for the Mets to be excited about in 2023. Despite an offseason that saw New York sign stars like Justin Verlander, the Mets are currently just 30-33 (fourth in the NL East). Superstar first baseman Pete Alonso was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-pete-alonso-injury-update" rel="noopener">placed on the injured list</a> Friday after recently getting hit by a pitch as well.</p><p>This Mets’ ball club still features plenty of talent. They should be able to get back on track at some point one would imagine. The odds of them underperforming at such an alarming rate all season long are seemingly slim.</p><p>That said, they need to start playing well soon. Francisco Lindor and the Mets will look to get it going on Friday in a road matchup versus the Pittsburgh Pirates.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

You have to see Mets star Francisco Lindor’s custom Gucci glove

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mets-news-phillies-broadcast-team-gets-destroyed-on-twitter-over-francisco-lindor-criticism');   ga('set', 'title', 'Phillies broadcast team gets destroyed on Twitter over Francisco Lindor criticism');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Francisco-Lindor-Mets-Phillies.jpg"></figure><h1>Phillies broadcast team gets destroyed on Twitter over Francisco Lindor criticism</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-31T22:38:28-07:00">May 31st, 10:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-31T22:39:21-07:00">May 31st, 10:39pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In the fifth inning of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-phillies-vs-mets-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-5-31-2023" rel="noopener">Wednesday night’s matchup</a> between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets, Francisco Lindor caught a ball off a line drive by Phillies third baseman Edmundo Sosa before tossing the ball to first base for a double play. It should have been the end of the story right there because regardless of how soft Lindor’s toss was, he still got the job done, which was to get two outs.</p><p>However, the Phillies broadcast team did not seem to be all too happy about the perceived effort Francisco Lindor put behind that pass, with Ben Davis even saying that he’s “not a big fan,” and that the Mets star shortstop should have been “a little bit more professional about it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The NBC Sports Philadelphia broadcast didn't care for how Mets star Francisco Lindor tossed the ball to first base on an easy double play. </p><p>"I'm not a big fan. Be a little bit more professional about it."- Ben Davis     ⚾️🎙️ <a href="https://t.co/W8LrDF0mJz">pic.twitter.com/W8LrDF0mJz</a></p><p>— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1664111129797488640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Well, Twitter is not really feeling the sentiment of Davis, with baseball fans on social media voicing out their disbelief over such nitpicking.</p><p>“No way the Phillies broadcasters were crying about how Lindor threw the ball to 1st base when the batter didn’t even leave the box 😂,” <a href="https://twitter.com/GiraffeNeckMarc/status/1664097929613791233" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> Marc Luino.</p><p>“Asking the Francisco Lindor to be ‘more professional’ about doubling you up on your bad hit-and-run choice is hilarious btw,” said Twitter user @Jolly_Olive.</p><p>@TwoCynicsPod did not hold back: “NBC Sports Philadelphia crew with a boomer cynical take ready to go whenever you need it.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-francisco-lindor-wife-calls-jason-kipnis-bully-leadership-criticism" rel="noopener">Francisco Lindor and the Mets</a> still got the last laugh, as they defeated the Phillies, 4-1 to move just a win away this Thursday from sweeping their National League East division rivals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Phillies broadcast team gets destroyed on Twitter over Francisco Lindor criticism

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mets-news-francisco-lindor-wife-calls-jason-kipnis-bully-leadership-criticism');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mets’ Francisco Lindor’s wife calls Jason Kipnis ‘bully’ after leadership criticism, Kipnis responds');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Mets-news-Francisco-Lindor_s-wife-calls-Jason-Kipnis-_bully_-after-leadership-criticism-Kipnis-responds.jpg"></figure><h1>Mets’ Francisco Lindor’s wife calls Jason Kipnis ‘bully’ after leadership criticism, Kipnis responds</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-19T16:41:28-07:00">May 19th, 4:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-19T16:42:23-07:00">May 19th, 4:42pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-francisco-lindor-leadership-jason-kipnis" rel="noopener">Francisco Lindor</a> has a fiercely loyal wife. Days after retired infielder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-jason-kipnis-breaks-silence-seemingly-calling-out-francisco-lindor" rel="noopener">Jason Kipnis</a> implied the Mets shortstop and his former Cleveland (then-Indians) teammate lacked leadership skills, Katia Reguero Lindor <a href="https://twitter.com/RegueroKatia/status/1659674135578959874" rel="noopener">fired back</a> with a scathing claim.</p><p>“My husband is such a classy person, would never say what a bully Kipnis was in the clubhouse,” she tweeted. “Sounds like a true leader versus the opposite of a leader.” </p><p>Kipnis wasted little time in responding to the accusation and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJK_Kid/status/1659690519273021443" rel="noopener">again apologized</a> for his comments (NSFW), which he had already clarified was not a shot at the 29-year-old Gold Glover on an individual level and was more of a speculative criticism on the Mets as a whole.</p><p>“I’m not so sure about bully, but I said it earlier and I’ll say it again, terrible take on my end and I was wrong,” he said. “Should be proud of the man he’s grown into and nothing but love for the Lindor family. Can admit when I f****d up. Sorry it even got to here.”</p><p>Lindor and the two-time All-Star played alongside one another in the middle infield for five seasons, so one would assume they had plenty of exchanges. At the very least, his tweet and Kipnis’ appearance on Foul Territory appears to suggest that they were not best buds. Though, Lindor handled the question perfectly and showed no public ill-will towards Kipnis after being questioned for a response.</p><p>Hopefully, these two can smooth things over at the next reunion. In the meantime, Lindor is focused on getting into a groove offensively (.225 batting average, .410 slugging) and helping New York play up to the massive expectations everyone has for the team.</p><p>A torrid run at the plate that coincides with a Mets’ winning streak would probably erase any notions of leadership problems in this clubhouse.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mets’ Francisco Lindor’s wife calls Jason Kipnis ‘bully’ after leadership criticism, Kipnis responds

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mets-news-jason-kipnis-breaks-silence-seemingly-calling-out-francisco-lindor');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jason Kipnis breaks silence after seemingly calling out Mets’ Francisco Lindor');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Jason-Kipnis-breaks-silence-after-seemingly-calling-out-Francisco-Lindor.jpg"></figure><h1>Jason Kipnis breaks silence after seemingly calling out Mets’ Francisco Lindor</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-17T10:53:33-07:00">May 17th, 10:53am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-17T10:53:33-07:00">May 17th, 10:53am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>My name is Owen Crisafulli, and I recently received my Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Sport Management, and for awhile I ran my own sports website. Sports are my passion, and I thoroughly enjoy writing about my thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. I have been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston, and love discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2023 season hasn’t gotten off to the start the New York Mets were hoping for, and unsurprisingly, everyone has come under fire for the team’s struggles. For <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/francisco-lindor-gets-brutally-honest-on-mets-early-season-woes-at-the-plate" rel="noopener">Francisco Lindor</a>, he probably wasn’t expecting to find himself getting criticized by one of his former teammates, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-francisco-lindor-leadership-jason-kipnis" rel="noopener">Jason Kipnis</a> appeared to take some shots at Lindor recently amid their continued cold streak.</p><p>Kipnis called out the Mets for having no leadership in their clubhouse, and when he was asked if he considered Lindor a leader, considering they spent time together in Cleveland, Kipnis doubled down on his stance. Many fans have taken Kipnis’ comments as a direct shot at Lindor, so the recently retired second baseman took a second to <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJK_Kid/status/1658870513018470412" rel="noopener">clear up</a> what he meant by his <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJK_Kid/status/1658865422488223745" rel="noopener">comments</a>.</p><p>Via Jason Kipnis:</p><p>“Not trying to go at anybody with the video yesterday.. they were asking what the locker room looked like so we speculated..cause that’s all we can do! We don’t actually know what’s goin on there cause we’re not there! Not trying to be that old head guy so I’ll choose wiser words. Said what I said, we’ll move on cause I don’t have the energy nor the want to for Twitter back n forths! -Also Frankie wasn’t expected to be a leader when he was so young. I bet he’s grown into a d*** good one. We’re just talkin about s*** cause they’re not winning like they can.”</p><p>Kipnis notes that his statement was made as more of a broad generalization of the Mets, rather than an attack on Lindor, while also saying he doesn’t really know how good of a leader Lindor is since he was a younger guy in Cleveland that wasn’t thrust into the spotlight. This certainly makes sense from Kipnis, but it remains to be seen whether his former teammate in Lindor will be as forgiving for his recent comments here.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jason Kipnis breaks silence after seemingly calling out Mets’ Francisco Lindor

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Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Mets have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-reach-a-lowly-feat-for-first-time-in-11-years-after-series-loss-vs-reds" rel="noopener">stumbled out of the gates</a> so far in 2023. Former MLB All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-2-time-all-star-jason-kipnis-announces-retirement-emotional-message" rel="noopener">Jason Kipnis</a>, who primarily played for the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) during his career, believes a lack of leadership could be the culprit for the Mets’ difficult start this season. Kipnis <a href="https://twitter.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/1658608265306189825" rel="noopener">even appeared to call</a> his former Cleveland teammate Francisco Lindor’s leadership into question, per Foul Territory on Twitter.</p><p>“All those veterans and no leadership,” Kipnis said of the Mets.</p><p>Former player and current analyst on Foul Territory AJ Pierzynski then asked Lindor the following question, “Well you played with Lindor. Was he a leader?”</p><p>“I’m gonna repeat it again, all those veterans and no leadership,” Kipnis responded.</p><p>Francisco Lindor and Jason Kipnis were both key players for Cleveland in the mid-2010’s decade. They led the ball club to the 2016 World Series before blowing a 3-1 lead in the Fall Classic to the Chicago Cubs. Regardless, it is surprising to hear that Kipnis feels this way. He didn’t directly call out Lindor, but he is seemingly calling his former teammate’s leadership into question.</p><p>The Mets certainly need leadership on their team. New York features more than enough talent to compete for a World Series title, but they currently sport a record of below .500. If this Mets team continues to struggle throughout the season, it would be considered a major disappointment.</p><p>It will be interesting to see if Lindor responds to Kipnis. The former Cleveland middle infield duo never had any rumors of friction between one another, but Kipnis’ comments are attention-catching.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.316	3	9	0.986	1

2023 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.316	3	9	0.986	1

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