
Bad news has neither decorum nor sense of timing. It travels fast and it travels with insolence. When Talat Manaea’s phone rang Tuesday morning, it interrupted life with its dreaded rudeness.
She was at home with her husband, New York Mets pitcher Sean Manaea, just hours before he was to pitch the most important game of his life, Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field.