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Billy "the jerk" Wagner has got to be the worst teammate in baseball. This is at least the second time this season (usually Bill does not lose his cool soo early in the year -- typically waiting until late June) that he has decided to complain to reporters about teammates instead of keeping it behind closed doors. Pat Burrell will always be one of my all time favorites for calling this baby what he is three years ago..."a rat"

from today's Courant:
"But at least they made some noise. Billy Wagner connected with their only big hit of the day, a verbal broadside at teammates after a deflating 1-0 loss to the Washington Nationals at Shea Stadium. Wagner was surrounded by reporters, most of whom wanted to get perspective on the Subway Series with the Yankees that begins tonight in the Bronx. He spoke about how the Mets simply have to do better than they did in losing three of four to the last-place Nationals. Suddenly, the relief pitcher's mood took an icy turn. "Somebody tell me why the ... the closer is being interviewed and I didn't even play." Then he pointed across the clubhouse to where many of the position players dress. More specifically, he seemed to motion to the lockers of Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado. "Why are they over there and not being interviewed? Wagner asked rhetorically. "Oh, I've got it. They're gone ... shocker." Later, during his appearance with Michael Kay on 1050 ESPN radio, Wagner said the air will be cleared in the Bronx today. "There needs to be other guys that are accountable," he said. It all was reminiscent of an episode last year involving Paul Lo Duca. Wagner's postgame comment could add either extra tension or extra adrenaline to the cauldron that always exists in Mets-Yankees games.

There has not been so much finger pointing going on in New York since Tiki Barber left the Giants