Thoughts on Tejada

Yes there is a difference between report time and Terry-time. The old saying goes "if you are early, you are on time and if you are on time, you are late." The only players not in mets camp are Ruben Tejada, Ronny Cedeno & Scott Hairston(I might be incorrect on this). Jason Bay, David Wright among all other position players who have reported days early have already taken BP.

Last year Luis Castillo was fighting for his job(which he loathed) and irked TC by not reporting early. TC had to have a little man to man with him for sulking because he did not want to fight for his job. He was obviously released. Tejada is the new kid on the block, the new starting SS. He isnt a veteran backup like Cedeno or Hairston. There is nothing wrong technially with reporting Saturday though with 22 other position players reporting days early, Tejada should have too. I agree with the line "if they want players to report early, they should move the report date up." I see that line of thinking but when you are the new kid on the block, not a veteran and the new SS, you should IMO make every effort to report early. Having Visa problems in not an excuse. Tejada like Paulino before him knows when report date is. They should have all their ducks in a row and ready to go for report date.