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Not much of anything anymore. Jose Reyes was diagnosed with a hyper active thyroid, and he will be "resting and changing his diet" for 2-8 weeks while he waits for his thyroid levels to stabilize. He can't elevate his heart rate until that happens. I'm confused as to how this issue (or non-issue, if you listen to the Mets) went from "there was something in his blood work we want to check out, but he'll be in uniform by the weekend" to missing anywhere from 2-8 weeks. And that's not counting getting himself back into baseball shape, because let's not forget he is still rehabbing a hamstring injury that limited him to 36 games in 2009.

To borrow a quote from "A Few Good Men" - I suppose it's way too much to hope you're making this all up just to bother me.

Of course it is, because this is the Mets we're talking about. For whatever reason, they always come off looking terrible in these situations. I'd like to think that the media is digging for issues with the Mets because of the injury-ravaged 2009 campaign... but this seems to happen once a month. You never hear about things like this with any other team.

I'm so tired of this team being the joke of the major leagues for one reason or another. They just make such dumb choices... Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel have no problem issuing statements about players that have "won" starting spots before spring training has started. And they were perfectly willing to comment on Reyes prior to today. But now, when we actually need them to say something, they have disappeared. Pay attention, boys - stand up and face the music. Issue an official statement about this because as a fan I'm at a loss and I know I'm not alone. Stop acting like the fans don't ever deserve an explanation. Sometimes we are crazy and demand far too much, but sometimes we get it right - and this is one of those times.