This is a first for me when it comes to excuses used to explain tardiness.
They play a lot of games in MLB, but forgetting your day-to-day schedule is irresponsible, and bad on the pockets.
Angels outfielder Matt Joyce was pulled from the lineup on Monday after he arrived extremely late to the ballpark. Upon being confronted, Joyce told Angels officials that he forgot his team played a day game.
“It was a mistake,” Joyce said, per Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register. “It’s definitely something that will never happen again. Obviously I felt terrible about it.”
“It’s just one of those things that should never happen,” Joyce added, admitting that he has also been fined by the time. “As a guy that’s been around and had some service time, I made a mistake. I assumed we had a night game since it was a day game Sunday and assumed we had a night game Monday since we normally always do. By the time I realized it was a day game it was a little late.”
The Angels went on to lose the ballgame without Joyce 10-6.