Daily News | Phillies’ J.T. Realmuto tries to clarify his ‘little bit of money’ comment
MIAMI — Last week before the Phillies left for Toronto, catcher J.T. Realmuto shared his reasons for why he wouldn’t get vaccinated so he could enter Canada, where vaccination against the coronavirus is a requirement. Realmuto was one of four Phillies players who were placed on the restricted list ahead of the Blue Jays series because they were not vaccinated.
“I’m not going to let Canada tell me what I do and don’t put in my body for a little bit of money,” Realmuto said on Monday. “It’s just not worth it.” “The money comment is the one thing I could have said a little different,” he said. “I wasn’t necessarily stating that the amount of money was little. I didn’t know what the amount of money I was missing was. I was more thinking about the fact that I was missing two games’ worth of checks in a 162-game season. That was a small amount compared to how many games we play.
When asked if he was aware of the blowback he was receiving online for his comments, Realmuto said he received many messages of support for speaking his mind and defending his choice to remain unvaccinated. He said that while he singled out Canada in his comment on Monday, he was not trying to make a political statement, and was simply speaking from his own personal experience.
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