Well, this is awkward.
Mere moments after the Mets completed an 8-7 win against the Marlins at Citi Field on Friday night, the team’s Twitter account continued its tradition of showing the player of the game wearing his crown in the clubhouse. In this instance, the player was T.J. Rivera.
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Unfortunately, the social media crew failed to notice there was a sex toy prominently displayed in the locker of catcher Kevin Plawecki, which was apparently placed there as part of a clubhouse prank.
Naturally, the tweet was deleted once the Mets were made aware of the awkward situation. But several savvy Twitter users captured screen shots.
For the sake of our younger readers, we’ll only show this digitally altered photo.
Joke of a team