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When Jonny Gomes is done with his playing days, he should really look into a career with the CIA because no one can figure out just what exactly the man is up to. When news of Adam Wainwright’s “significant injury” first broke out, Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News passed along word that Gomes came into the clubhouse singing, “Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone, Wainwright’s gone.” McCoy has since removed that section from the article, saying that he should have ignored what he heard like the other sporswriters that were present, but it’s already been circulated so far around the internet that removing the offending section won’t do much. 

At this point, this is all we know of the situation:

• Jonny Gomes plays baseball.
• Jonny Gomes is a member of the Reds.
• Jonny Gomes was in the clubhouse at the same time as Hal McCoy.
• Jonny Gomes may or may not have been singing a song that may or may not have included words that may have been, or may have sounded like, “Wainwright’s gone.” 
• Gomes may or may not have been joyful when singing said song. If he was indeed singing. He may have merely been speaking in a mellifluous manner. 
• Jonny Gomes either respects Adam Wainwright or has a blood feud with Wainwright.

While Gomes’ enthusiasm has merit, with Baseball Prospectus projecting the Cardinals playoff hopes falling from 58.3% to 43.8%, finding pleasure in another’s injury won’t put him in the running for Sportsman of the Year. This is also not the type of distraction the Reds want following their most successful season in fifteen years, nor is it the type of rivalry they should be eager to build after Johnny Cueto ended Jason LaRue’s career last season by kicking him in the head during a brawl between the two clubs.

The two teams square off for realsies in St. Louis on April 22nd and Gomes should prepare for a fastball right between the ribs while the organist plays his own fitting ditty.