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The Mets (13–11) defeated the Braves (12–13) by the score of 6 to 3 in Shea Stadium today.
For a recap and boxscore, go to SNY.
…Raul Casanova ripped a two-run home run to right-center…his teammates looked very, very happy for him…by the way, Shea Stadium played Oh Casanova when he stepped to the plate in his second at bat, which is awesome…it’s about time…
…nice job of base running in the first inning by Jose Reyes, who took third from second on a ground ball to third – despite initially being looked back…he then scored on a pass ball…
…by the way, as SNY pointed out, opponents are hitting .094 against Nelson Figueroa during his first time through the lineup, which is a good sign should he ever need to move to the bullpen…figgy looked quite good today, especially early on…
…give a game ball to Carlos Delgado, who hit an opposite-field home run…he smiled, did a dance with Jose Reyes and looked very relieved…Don’t Stop Believin’ played as he rounded the bases, which is exactly what he was probably thinking as the fans cheered and jumped to their feet…later, in the seventh, he hit another long home run off the scoreboard…
…two home runs…in one day…not too shabby…
…the fans called for a curtain call from delgado following his second home run…he refused to come out, and the fans booed…it looked a) like he had no interest in coming back out, and b) it also looked like his teammates understood…nevertheless, delgado kept smiling…according to darling, in this city, any time the fans want a curtain call you give it to them…i’m sure this will be a story tomorrow…personally, i could care less…but, it is bad public relations on delgado’s part – assuming he cares…
…Ron Darling pronounces John Smoltz’s last name as ShhMoltz, which cracks me up…also, hat’s off to ronnie for asking Kevin Burkhardt if he has a pair of Vidal Sasson jeans to match the leather blazer he was rocking during a sideline report…
…speaking of SNY, i dig the new camera out in the bullpen, especially when the shot of the relief pitcher (from the back) jogging from the bullpen in to the game through the outfield…slick…
…David Wright clearly does not like facing shmoltz…i mean, smoltz…great, now i’m doing it…
…i am still uncomfortable seeing Ruben Gotay in a Braves hat…
…Luis Castillo looks locked in, comfortable and happy…
…figueroa and Joe Smith allowed three runs in the sixth, but the Mets came right back scoring one run in the sixth and seventh to expand their lead…
…fantastic catch by Ryan Church in the seventh, skipping over a sliding Carlos Beltran on the warning track…it first appeared to be beltran’s ball, but beltran wisely sensed he would not make the catch, saw church charging, so beltran hit the deck, church jumped over him and pulled it in…according to Gary Cohen, it was the play of the year so far…
…Billy Wagner is a machine right now…lock and load…
…in case you didn’t realize, the Mets are 13–11, they have won six of their last 10, and just took a series from the Braves…
The Mets will begin a three-day series against the Pirates at home tomorrow at 7 pm.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who was driven crazy by the “Schmoltz” thing all game, lol. Either way, great win for the mets, and hopefully we can finish the series against Pittsburgh with two of three at least.
they said on the fan pregame smoltz has arm discomfort plus figgy has been pitching over his head so i was optimistic about a win
i actually thought that was how you pronounce it :o that’s how i’ve always pronounced it…
Time to pound the Pirates.
Amen.
Focusing on anything else right now is meaningless.
Go Del-Ga–Do Go! Personally, the A-Hole Fans who’ve been booing him need to earn his respect back! I’m w/ C-D 110%.
Mets Fans Support Your Team, or Go the F- Home!
well i dont blame delgado for not coming out, and i hope he doesn’t think all the fans hate him. I know i’ve been behind him.
oh and i want everyone who said castillio is horrible to write 100 times, i will not say stupid, rash things about baseball anymore
i’ll get that to you in 2011
hillarious. true and hillarious.
Castillo is horrible. Wait till his bloops and squibs stop falling in for cheap hits again like in the beginning of the year
that’s how he’s been doing it his whole career.
i support delgado too. after santana was booed i lost respect for a big group of mets fans
same here and i was at that game zen it blew my mind
This is the typical idiocy you see from players, who assume that the fans are automatons that behave in unison. A lot of people cheered and supported him while he laid egg after egg, and then he refuses to acknowledge any fans after he receives a standing ovation. I can easily understand why he wouldn’t, but on a moment’s reflection, should realize that he’s being just as petulant as the subset of fans at whom he’s thumbing his nose..
Anyway, NON-issue, in the grand scheme.
I’m still not happy with the way the Mets are hitting (Wright, Reyes, and Beltran are still slumping), but they got solid bullpen help the past couple of games and found ways to score runs. If they can top Hudson and Smoltz with the offensive stars off their games, it’s a good thing.
That said, Reyes still scares me. . . .
You give fans way too much credit. I was at the game Saturday and with runners on base in the 3rd, I stood for Delgado to try and get the fans to rally behind him and I had some knuckleheads tell me to sit down and shut up. Sorry, but I’m pretty sure the same people who were booing him with ferocity yesterday were trying to get him to wave his little hat today. I think Mets fans, especially this year, have been way too egotistical thinking that these guys HAVE to perform like little monkeys for them just because of the “collapse.” Give me a break.
I agree. I’m not as vocal a fan, but I was clapping for Delgado when he got up in the 3rd Saturday too. It’s one thing to boo him when he grounds out, but when you boo him in the middle of a huge rally, all you’re saying is you don’t want him to succeed, which is stupid.
Bravo!
well said Constanza, I was at the game on Saturday too and they booed the guy before he even picked up a bat. I don’t blame him for not coming out for a curtain call, he probably just said “screw these hypocrites, I’m gonna do what I have to do to help the team and the fans can go screw themselves.” He’s been helping out in the dugout, and if he starts hitting again, I’ll have no problem with him never acknowledging the fans reaction. Met fans this year have just been awful anyway…we’re not even in May and we’re booing people? Pathetic.
It’s some of the same people, not all of them. That’s the point. What’s more, people are not trying to jerk the player around as much as they’re saying, “my bad — we need to do something extra for the guy we’ve been so rough on.” Yes, they’re legitimately happy for him — they’re fans. Are there a few idiots who are treating him like a dog — treats when he’s good, etc.? Sure — but that’s a small minority of morons. You don’t show up the entire crowd to spite those few meatheads.
I was at the game Saturday, and had expected to hear much worse than I heard. The boos rained down after a pop-up, but for the most part, there were far more cheers.
And as for his teammates supporting him, that’s terrific — if only they could come together as a team and face adversity from another team, rather than the fans, we’d really have something.
Maybe you’re right about this. It’s easy to attach to all the fans the actions of a smaller number. But if there are any fans out there who *have* consistently booed Delgado and now insist that he must come out for a curtain call just because they demand it, they are utter fools in my opinion. The sense of entitlement is unbelievable. I’m sure players would be able to swallow their pride and take the curtain call, but any player with a modicum of self-respect must bristle at the hypocrisy.
I concede the fans’ right to boo, but for people to expect that players should dance around like a marionette every time the fans decide the pull a string — it’s just getting out of hand.
It is remarable how you understood that he seems to be petulant as the subset of fans.
Hardly anyone else would have noticed it.
I was at the game today and a lot fans booed Delgado when he was introduced – before he even took the field. Its no wonder he didn’t want to do a curtain call. Fans this year have for the most part been very disappointing. Guess I saw too much of the late 70’s Mets to think these are great years…
I think Matt forgot to say this…but game ball goes to Carlos Delgado!
going to a del go go every body going to a del go go every one!!
I guess I should do “the met pledge” daily:
“I pledge allegiance to the New York Mets, and to its players, coaches and manager. I pledge that I will not boo, but encourage.. will not jeer, but cheer.. will not give up, but always “believe.” For our team, our orange and blue, always. Let’s Go Mets!” April 27, 2008. 11:19AM
Nice win.. even better against the Braves!
i pledge too btw even though im a atheist can we have the prayer that was said b4 we got johan i think it fits here right now in the name of the casey the gil and the holy piazza -amen!
Rusty’s son by another mother…twas my prayer….I alone decide when it shall be invoked.
And pastor Gipper sayeth, …not yet.
I guess you should.
Nice series win, especially after all the doomsayers making like this was the most important series in the entire season after a split with the Nats in freaking April.
I am just glad Delgado has something to build on and maybe get his average above his weight. I could not care less about curtain calls especially after a guy is being booed for a month straight. These players are people, they don’t just respond to some cheers and act like the boos never happened. If he strings together a good month of ball and hits a jack then I’m sure he’ll be a little more accommodating to the fans. I can’t believe I’m defending him because two days ago I was lamenting the fact that he is our starting 1st baseman but in this case we (the fans) should just be happy that he had a good game.
agreed i try never to boo a home player – unless it was mota benitez ,rich rodriguez – u know the ones that just didn’t play with their hearts on their sleeves. carlos is trying his damndest and i think we will reap his rewards !!! now bring on those scaliwag pirates!
The fact that he didn’t take the curtain call doesn’t bother me. Although I don’t blame him for not coming out, he’s making things worse.. I hope he keeps hitting, for his sake.
for the record i didn’t hear him get booed at all before his first AB. he got a shockingly warm reception, IMO. he should have cheered. but what do i care…he could write me profane emails everyday if he keeps hitting like he did today.
should have read “should have taken the call”
I’ve been the loudest voice killing Delgado all season. I don’t think he should have taken the call. I agree 100% with his decision.
Put yourself in his shoes. He’s been horrible for much of the year and likely just as disappointed in himself as we are in him. So in one game he takes one of the best righties in the game to opposite field, then pulls one against a lefty a few innings later. The odds on that were astromonical.
First off…I bet he was in shock to react appropriately. Second…we fans don’t deserve a curtain call for how we have not supported him, and he doesn’t deserve to give one b/c this could be a one time-thing. I view this as a complete annomoly, in fact. If I was at Shea today, I don’t think I would have even stood up and asked. Why?…b/c Third, I think he realizes that it is way too early for curtain calls at this junctor in his game. He needs to be consistent.
So….Good job today Delgado. You’ve taken some good swings over your last 7 ABs. Now do it for the next 70 AB’s. Then we can break out the Curtain Calls. And then you should appropriately respond.
—-by the far the best thought out response to the curtain call fiasco
He hasn’t done sh*t yet, and taking a curtain call after what may be just a single game surge in what is still an atrocious year would be silly, and way too early considering he may for 4 for his next 49 (as he has done before today)
If you look at Delgado’s line last year, it does not at all reflect just how bad he was for this team, and he hit 24hr, so he hit 2 today……we are still at square one
Danny1986 hit the nail on the head here.
Can we get Zoe the lip reader to confirm Wright saying to Delgado “Don’t go” out for the curtain call? It certainly looked that way. And I agree. Good for Carlos.
if david said that id be shocked hes the most easygoing one on that team – not that i begrudge david for saying it either after all the abuse carlos has taken
Swallow Orange-n-Blue Blood, Never Pride!
hell yeah
btw anyone here have the sat partial plan?
i feel great for Delgado, maybe its the start of something, who knows, but fans need to realize that if they think they have the right to boo a guy relentlessly, then that same guy has the right to say, up yours, when those same fans a moment later cheer you and ask you to bow down to their whimsical request of a curtain call. For those same fans who boo, the curtain call acts as basically the same thing, their way of trying to exert some sort of control over the players, that stupid entitlement some fans think they have. I’m sure there were plenty of fans who really wanted that moment to be Delgado’s and were cheering and wanting a curtain call for the right reasons, but to boo afterwards shows me its more about those fans selfish motivations then it is to appreciate a player.
The relationship between the fans and Delgado seems to be that is done. Delgado is too proud and the fans never forget. I really hope we give Carp a shot at 1st base next year. I don’t expect Delgado with us in ‘09.
me neither but still support him til the end like we did with piazza rusty etc
eloquently put darkstar we now have to earn mr delgados respect!!! darkstar on the water – damn i love csn lol
I could’ve sworn it looked like Wright said that to Delgado as well.
the fans have been abusing Carlos all year, i don’t think the fans deserved the curtain call…i mean c’mon you’re only gonna cheer a guy on when he’s doing good? where’s the love and encouragement? give him a cheer once in a while to motivate him…
guys i have the sat plan gate 25 mezz row h if u ever wanna say say hi – id always like to put faces to the names
either way i agree it should be a non issue now lets hope the slump is behind him and cheer him whether he hits or makes an out
You may want to edit the post-game post as you refer to SNY’s work during the game… the problem is that the game was on the CW11 this afternoon, not SNY.
pretty sure it’s still the SNY feed though, it’s just broadcast on basic cable so everyone gets to watch a few games
I am a huge Delgado fan, but I understand why the fans booed and Carlos should too. I remember the 2006 home opener where Beltran didn’t want to take a curtain call and Julio Franco pushed him out of the dugout to take it. I think that was the start of his reconciliation with met fans.d
Ron Darling is an idiot. Delgado doesn’t come out and gets ripped for it? After all of these jackals and fair-weather fans have booed him (quite loudly at times) on a nightly basis at Shea since Opening Day.
If you want to boo Delgado when he goes 0-4, I can see why some fans might do that but the boos during his first ABs in games have been ridiculously loud. As loud as for the opposing team players sometimes.
how is Ron Darling an idiot? he’s played during the good teams and when things went south. I was actually very happy to have gotten his perspective.
I can see why Delgado didn’t come out today for a curtain call. He has struggled mightily so far but he has been getting booed (and loudly) since Opening Day. Just listen to the boos during his first ABs at Shea. You would think it was someone on the opposing team.
Darling is then critical of Delgado not coming out to appease the jackals? Please.
There is always a sizable contingent of Mets’ fans who are fair-weather fans at best but it seems to have gotten a little ridiculous since the collapse last year. Booing is fine but in a lot of cases this year it is unjustified and make Mets’ fans look really bush league.
Ron Darling today– ” one thing Carlos Delagado needs to realize is that,at shea, the fans are undefeated”
—does not sound like an idiot to me
I agree…there are many things we can all debate about regarding Delgado, Heilman, the incessant booing, whether LMillz was a thug, Delgado not taking a curtain call, the Collapse etc…and never see eye to eye…but there is one thing I most definitley think almost all of us agree on – Darling is NOT an idiot. I find him the most enlightening and unbiased sports announcer around. He always presents both sides and is very knowledgable about the sport, giving us facts that many of us did not know and always seeing the positive in a player.
As a comparison, how about listening to Michael Kay so you really know what an idiot sports announcer sounds like.
I agree that Darling’s (and Cohen’s) take was absolutely wrong. My feeling at the time, and borne out by Delgado’s comments after the game, were that he felt that a curtain-call was neither necessary nor appropriate for simply doing the job for which he was hired.
Ronnie taking the instant approach that he was “sticking-it” to the fans, was a gross mis-interpretation, and has fueled all of this “controversy” unnecessarily…
I completely do not understand. I heard what you heard, but certainly did not hear Darling rip anyone– Delgado, or the fans. He acknowledged both sides of the issue, and offered an opinion that he was careful to present *as* his opinion. Darling is certainly not an idiot, he is one of the more intelligent and thoughtful people who have anything at all to do with New York baseball at this moment.
PS: About the “Shmoltz” shmaltz ;)– Ronnie always sounds like he has a stuffy nose. If you listen to him, you’ll also hear him say “Shtrawberry” as well as “Shmoltz.”
ron darling went to yale. and played baseball. so i’m siding with him over you 120% of the time.
You said “If you want to boo Delgado when he goes 0-4″,
How about hardly anything wothwhile coming from him all year, and for a salary of $20 big ones.
Like Mo V, is what it is.
And then the team is afraid to bat him 7th, because he is supposed to b e a star, and it would hurt his feelings.
But if he turns it around then why can’t the fans turn it around.
What is wrong with that.
And by the way, the fans are the ones who are supplying the money for his salary.
But you do not get it, do you?
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The Mets are only paying Delgado $12 million this year.
But hey, don’t let the facts get in the way of a horrible point.
There is 4 milion dollar buyout which would put it at 16, and I too am relatively certain that his base is 16 plus the buyout makes twenty. But I won’t belittle your post without being 100% sure of the facts, and maybe you should consider doing the same in the future
And how many Emmy’s do you have in your living room?
Ron Darling is the BEST …….. stop over-analyzing everything, a la Gary Cohen
darling was just trying to defend the fans who have taken a hit of late. i disagree with him, but he is a good guy and great announcer
BTY – I still am pretty dubious on Delgado contributing more than a .240-250 AVG and 20 HRs. Ideally, he would sit most nights at this point against a lefty starter if the Mets had a viable alternative right-handed bat to play 1B.
the formula I always use is win 2 of 3 at home and go .500 on the road and you win 95 games. they are just short on the road right now.
Smoltz has made Wright look ridiculous this year. but at least eh bounced back with a hit against the ‘pen.
have to like the Mets chances of taking at least 2 of 3 from Pitt.
I am very grateful that Figueroa is pitching well. the Mets would be in very serious trouble if he was not.
I have no problem with Delgado not coming out. if a fan feels they have the right to boo, then carlos should feel like he does not have to come out. I wish he did but I don’t really care that he didn’t.
I like that formula. Sorta goes to show you how ridiculous it is when everyone gets so upset over every loss (losing 5 of 6 is a different matter)
Some of the fans are complete morons! Actually a lot of them are. But lets remember one thing to all those Delgado praisers above. Before the game he was hitting below .200. What in the F*&%$ did you expect from the fans. A heroes welcome for our warrior. Lets not forget this is not someone who came up and spent 15 years with us and is having a down year. This is his 3 year year. The first of which was excellent. Last year was sub-par for what he is being paid to do and what he’s done over his career. And he hasn’t done anything yet this year aside from today.
So Delgado, get over it. You deserved to be booed before b/c you haven’t been playing well. It hasn’t just been a bad April Carlos but it was a very sub par 2007. You started off hitting well below .250 before July. Then started to get it up and finish right below .260. Maybe just maybe we win a few more games if you had more than 87 RBIs from you. And may if we win, we don’t have a monumental collapse Carlos. Or did you forget about that! Idiot. If you want some lovin give’m a curtain call. Its not like you were hittin .320 with 7 HRS and 25 RBIs and getting booed. Wake up. Can anyone be more of an indiot!!!
You said it right Marv
Some of the fans are complete morons! Actually a lot of them are. But lets remember one thing to all those Delgado praisers above. Before the game he was hitting below .200. What in the F*&%$ did you expect from the fans. A heroes welcome for our warrior. Lets not forget this is not someone who came up and spent 15 years with us and is having a down year. This is his 3 year year. The first of which was excellent. Last year was sub-par for what he is being paid to do and what he’s done over his career. And he hasn’t done anything yet this year aside from today.
So Delgado, get over it. You deserved to be booed before b/c you haven’t been playing well. It hasn’t just been a bad April Carlos but it was a very sub par 2007. You started off hitting well below .250 before July. Then started to get it up and finish right below .260. Maybe just maybe we win a few more games if you had more than 87 RBIs from you. And may if we win, we don’t have a monumental collapse Carlos. Or did you forget about that! Idiot. If you want some lovin give’m a curtain call. Its not like you were hittin .320 with 7 HRS and 25 RBIs and getting booed. Wake up. Can anyone be more of an idiot!!!
i don’t know if he’s an idiot or not.. i think he’s too proud to say that he’s not what he used to be. I think if he says that fans would be more understanding. But everytime he has gone 0-4 he says that he feels good and he sees the ball good..and then he ends up with an 0-4 that confuses me and before this morning pissed me off. Fans will be more supportive if you are honest with them. Don’t treat us like we are the dumb one.. we watch everything you do on the field. I’ll support this team anyway I can.. all I ask is for some hustle and honesty.
You miss the point entirely. Delgado has been getting booed loudly since Opening Day which is ridiculous. Hell, Delgado has been getting booed more than players from the other team.
I can understand why fans boo Delgado but to do so loudly and at his first AB during each home game is pretty pathetic.
If we want to talk about him getting booed in his first AB or as loudly or louder than the opposing team then its a different argument. But generally, booing his performance over the last year and 1 month is mostly deserving.
Even on this site many of us fans were saying every play is on the hook for last year’s collapse. This has a lot to do with it. If we make the playoffs a lot of his poor play is probably forgotten.
But again if you want to make a case for booing in the first AB or about the level of its a fair point.
You’re opinion sounds like crap, blogging the same load of pooh twice, too. Why not try shutting up and supporting your team.
Delgado has stunk a lot, and we all know it, but he has a great baseball career, and he will invariably play so much better when fans at Shea come out and show support instead of booing him while he’s in a slump. Booing a player or running down a person doesn’t bring out his best. Sure, we get angry and show our frustrations occasionally, but continuous booing is a product of people who don’t f-in deserve to be Mets fans.
“pooh”? lol
I gotta wonder what gotten into NY fans. If this were the 80s or 90s we wouldn’t have this debate. It also seems like the players are too sensitive. Darryl gets booed he comes out the next AB and knocks one in the right field bullpen.
Supporting my team. If I didn’t care and didn’t take time out of my life and family to support my team I woudn’t be blogging here!
I do not believe that he got boo at the beginning of the season when he was hitting good.
It all started when he started to look like he looked last year.
You call Delgado an idiot, but you’re sounding like the real idiot here. It’s fair to disagree with his decision to not take the curtain call, but to call him an idiot for it is absurd.
If someone insults you 99 times and compliments you on the 100th, it’s hard to react graciously, no matter how deserving it all is.
Its NY baseball. I didn’t know about all this etiquette. Next time lets all go to the game and folds our hands on our laps and clap instead of cheering (or jeering) and stay completely silent when the pitch is coming. After that lets throw bouquets on the field after a HR. And to take it a a step further lets wear suits and dresses and other corporate type attire. I can’t believe what i’m reading here. I’m embarassed to be a NY baseball fan!
No, it’s the large majority of us that’s embarassed that you are.
Exactly. Tactically, with a long-range view, it might have been the smarter move for Delgado to take the call- but I can fully sympathize with anyone in the heat of the moment, not wanting to feel jerked around by a capricious public. Can we all just get off each other’s backs and cut each other some slack?
Marvelous, I completely agree with your post. Although I wouldn’t call Delgado an idiot, just a man who is too sensitive to deal with the NY fans and media.
Wow. Solid win, not fantastic but solid. I had to watch the game with Atlanta’s commentators because I live in the enemy’s nest, and god are they boring. Anyways, they said that sHmoltz had some issues with his and and didnt look the same out there. I’d tend to agree. He had like 2 fastballs reach 90 or above and looked pretty lethargic.
Also, what’s with Schoweneis’ stache? Hes starting to looking like Shooter McGavin from happy gilmore (Christopher McDonald). Not the best look, until you’re lights out, ben.
honestly, he’s been lights out for a few weeks now.
ever since that extra inning game that i decided to cheer him!
Err, scott*
The Mets have won five out of their last 10 and eight out of their last 13.
Solid win today….GREAT to see Delgado hit those two dingers, hopefully this is the start of a hot streak for him, because the Mets desperately need for his bat to make a positive impact. And of course Figueroa continues to shine, what a story he’s been. It’s just too bad that the Rangers had to ruin it all in Pittsburgh with their pathetic performance.
Did it look like to anyone else that Wright was saying don’t go out to Delgado? His hand gestures and everything just seemed to say it, but its just wild speculation on my part.
who cares, seriously
Its not important in the big scheme, but you know its going to be a huge story in the NY media.
i was at the game anticipating the curtain call and watched delgado the whole time during our ovation. my thought is he thinks he doesn’t deserve to take one right now, considering how bad he’s been, but i can see him being ticked at the mets fan for the relentless booing. this being said, even though there was booing in the intros, he was lukewarmly received in his first at bat – it wasn’t totally negative. thankfully he responded with a nice game today.
and castillo looked great.
I’m glad to see that I’m in the majority when I say, good for Delgado. Good for Carlos for knocking out two dingers and good for Carlos for NOT making a curtain call.
Listen, I was just as down him as everyone else was for doing terrible all April but, can you blame the guy for not wanting to make a curtain call? He was boo’d….and heavily. So, he probably wanted to take the time to just relax and enjoy the day w/ his teamates. He doesn’t “owe it to us” to come out and make that curtain call.
I get just as down on our players as everyone else does but we Met fans need to learn to respect players when they’re in a slump. We’re so worried, always waiting for the other shoe to drop, that we treat our players like crap every time they do wrong.
If this were June/July and Deldago was playing like that, I could understand it but we’re not even out of April yet. AND, we’re in the top half of our division.
Get over it already, stop being such naysayers and friggin’ relax. Show Carlos, and the rest of the team (Heilman, Sosa) some respect. They’re out there busting their butts to try and get the job done and win a game for the Mets…for you the fans, while you’re sitting at home, eating a hot dog – playing armchair quarterback…nice.
C’mon Nick,
We’re not talking about some 2 week slump as far as Delgado is concerned. Its been all of 2007 and this month. Look up the nos. if you dont want to believe me.
And about the “other shoe dropping” it already did drop in Sept. 2007. All bets are off. We need to come out flying. Being in top half of our division isn’t good enough. Besides with the Nats in our division it doesn’t take much to be in the top half.
Now much of what Carlos is getting is also a result of the team no playing well. IF we were 18 – 6 with delgado hitting like this and Heilman giving up a run what seems like nearly every time out then no one is booing anyone b/c we’re winning! But we’re not winning are we. Sure we’re 2 games above but we haven’t shown we’re the team to beat yet. Not by any stretch. SO when that happens and the guys are getting booed, i’ll switch to your viewpoint. But until then all bets off. We (the fans) were cheated last year.
OH and hold on. Didn’t Delgado say last year that they got complacent as a team. They got “bored”. How does that affect any of y’alls opinions.
Last year, only serves my point even more of “waiting for the other shoe”. We Mets fans are still bitter from last year, myself included. And we have every right to be, the team just fell apart. But, I’m not going to fault Delgado for being honest when he said they got “bored”. Is it right that they did? No. But “they” includes everyone…Delgado, Reyes, Wright…everyone.
In my opinion, right now, Reyes, is costing us more in wins/losses that Deldago is. But, do we boo him? No. And, if you hear a boo or two, it’s not nearly as much. Why? Because he’s Jose? Because he’s flashy? Seems to me, he should be getting the same treatment but he’s not.
Last year, injuries played a part of Delgado playing poorly. This year, I have no idea. But the man, aside from last year and this April, has ALWAYS delivered. Look at his stats…
My whole point is that people need to relax and start cheering on our boys instead of bashing them…it’s April, we’ve played 24 games…not 50, not 125…24.
Get over yourselves Mets fans. The players want to win, more than you do….trust me. I highly doubt anyone out there, Delgado, Reyes, Beltran, Heilman comes in giving less than 100%. Especially after last year’s collapse. If anything, they’re putting too much pressure on themselves instead of “just playing baseball”…
If I paid money to go to a game where my team was winning and still booed I’d be pretty embarassed for myself.
As long as Delgado get some base hits, knock in a homer run every now and then, and make productive outs, I couldn’t care less if he makes curtain calls or not. Honestly, some fans have been booing him since last season, until they behave like adults, delgado can do what ever he wants.
I don’t really care what Delgado does as long as he hits. That being said, if the guy doesn’t understand why the fans have had it with his horrible play, then that’s on him. He’s a veteran and should be able to understand the fan/player dynamic by now.
I just hope that whenever Pedro comes back in they leave Figueroa in the starting rotation. PLEASE don’t move him into the bullpen. The guy is rock solid.
PS What was wrong with the leather blazer?
Delgado is foolish to give a big “F you” to the fans, sorry. Beltran went through this, and when he took his curtain call, that won over a lot of fans who had been down in him.
I love the BS that Delgado is so “proud”. This is a guy taking (stealing?) $13 million from the Mets this year. That money comes 100% out of fans’ pockets. Yeah, he’s really proud.
His play so far has been a laughable disgrace, and now he’s going sulk because some fans booed him. Give me a break. What a baby. I want players who love NY, and love playing for the Mets and their fans. I thought we were done with the surly overpaid players like Bobby Bonilla.
I understand how he feels, but he could’ve saved himself a lot of crap if he just gave a quick wave.
Exactly!!
I’d like to say I know how he feels, but the Mets haven’t given me $52 million. So I can’t imagine how that feels.
I cheered Delgado during the introductions, cheered him during each at bat.
And then stood there after his second home run, clapping and hoping he would come out and share some of that exciting moment with us.
I don’t care how many people boo him — he chose to make that moment less enjoyable for fans.
Cry me a river….get over it. The fans didn’t deserve a curtain call. he made the moment less enjoyable for the fans? yeah, cuz it’s real enjoyable for him to be the only home player booed during the opening introductions….
I understand the Mets fans are going to boo several times at a game. Frankly it will happen at any park in the Northeast where fans are a bit more zealous.
My point is that the booing this year has become pretty epidemic and downright embarrassing at times this season. Fans are acting like this team is in last place or there are a bunch of guys out there constantly dogging it. This is not the mid-90s Mets.
Talked to my dad who has been to four Mets games already (season ticket holder since the late 70s) and he can’t remember a time when in recent memory when the booing/fans behavior was so ridiculous and out of context.
Booing guys during introductions or loudly during their first AB on a constant basis is ridiculous. Same goes for booing your own players more loudly than the opposing team. Hell, playing at home is supposed to be an advantage in part because you don’t have to deal as much with noise/distractions from opposing fans.
I think the Mets grossly underestimated how angry fans are over “The Collapse”. There’s obviously still a lot of bad blood, maybe made worse because we have the same manager, GM, and most of the same players back again.
If people want to say it’s ok for Delgado not to forgive and forget the fans who booed him, then it’s also ok that fans aren’t ready to forgive and forget what happened in September.
On the bright side, Delgado said the team was “bored” in 2007, and they sure don’t seem bored now that fans are on them.
besides the booing this season there also seems to be many many more fights in the stands that i can remember.im a season ticket holder in a mezz box behind home plate and the crowds behavior this year is horrible. friday night a big fight broke out in the mezz section and even a bigger fight broke out in the box seats beind the visitors dugout that was really getting out of hand,so much so the braves batter stepped out of the batters box. there just seems to be a very bad vibe in the stands this year
Mex_17 is absolutely right…this all comes down to the collapse and the lack of any accountability for it.
I am very happy with Mezz 16, 18 and 20 whom did not boo once throughout the game (althought did not have much of a reason to). We cheered every Met and stood for each of Delgado’s bats. We were quite positive and I feel that it somehow, someway, made a difference today.
Thanks boys and girls!
Here’s a little bit of a switch on people trying to discourage other people from booing:
Delgado gets into the batter’s box in the third. The guy in front of me just got to his seat and already he’s trying to tell everyone else what to do.
So they announce Delgado, I clap and the guy in front of me boos. Then the guy turns around and says to me, “Don’t clap for this piece of ****, he sucks!” I told him to mind his own business.
So Delgado homers, and we’re all cheering except for this guy who is now waving for everyone around him to sit down and be quiet.
Of course he didn’t see Delgado hit another one in the 7th, because he announced to everyone not long before that he’s going home because this teams sucks and they’re gonna blow it.
So if you’re out there buddy, and you’re reading this…. You’re the one who sucks! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :)
Good for you. I hope he has nightmares of people booing him. Im so tired of people at Shea and people on here telling others how to be a fan.
I second that BOOOOOOOOOOOOO to that guy!
I should also point out that this idiot was there with a very large group of people who were more interested in changing seats every 30 seconds so that each person could sit next to each other person in their group for at least part of the game that none of them were watching.
While there doesn’t seem to be much of a carryover from last season with the players (thankfully the idiotic talk about the Phils being in the Mets’ heads even though they hadn’t played a game this season has largely ceased since the Mets have taken 4 of 6 from them), there is really a bad carryover vibe with the fans.
Probably the leading reason why you hear the boobirds so early and often this year.
Gee, I can’t imagine why the fanbase is embittered…..
I agree that people get crazy with the booing. Booing Santana was ridiculous. But Carlos Delgado is making 16 million dollars this year, he has hit like sh&t, has made many shoddy defensive plays, and was a major factor in the Mets disgrace last year (obviously because he was “bored”), so if fans have started to boo him, they have a right too. And if you haven’t booed him, it may mean you have more patience, but it doesn’t make you any more a fan.
Case in point is with Heilman. Yeah, he certainly has struggled at times this year and for the life of me I don’t understand why Willie keeps putting him out there in so many high-leverage situations right now. Setting him and the Mets up for failure.
If Heilman can’t hold the lead or blows it, then I have no issue with booing him. It has gotten to the point though Heilman is getting booed (and loudly) when he is warming up and comes into a game. That is what I don’t understand especially considering it is only April and most relievers go through spotty stretches during the season.
HEILMAN FANS PLEASE READ THIS!
I’m puzzled by fans who still believe in Heilman. Hitters have him figured out. Hes been horrible against the braves and phils for over a year now, preceding by the crushing game 7 homer in 06 and followed by doing his best 07 Mota impression against everyone. Even if he turns it around(he won’t) and had his normal e.r.a. around 3.00, would you seriously trust him in a tight game that matters at years end or in the playoffs? If he was bad against the padres and pirates that would be one thing, but the fact that philly and Atlanta own him renders him completely useless on this team. He gets booed BECAUSE MANY FANS DON’T WANT HIM ON THE TEAM ANYMORE and if you watch a lot of games and understand we’re going to have to go through Philly and Atlanta to get to the playoffs, possibly facing 1 of them in the playoffs, we can’t have him on our roster period. He’s even less efffective in early innings- the guy wants to start, he deals with being the set up guy, he won’t accept a role as a middling reliever long term. Who could blame him-hes got his pride and a much lighter wallet when he hits free agency. Like Willie, he does bring something to the table, he isn’t worthless, but he is worthless to the goals of THIS METS TEAM. I’m not a hater, I’m not even completely sold that Delgado is done, and I have been saying all along Castillo would keep doing what he’s always done and be fine. But Heilmans different. Because when we need him most he turns into Mel Rojas and thats unacceptable. On an unrelated topic does anyone know What Happened to Claudio Vargas?I thought we had him, but he isn’t on any of our minor league rosters. I’m having a Torrealba flashback. Did we somehow cancel the deal or what gives?
Well if he was getting booed by a lot of fans because he was hitting like crap and just collecting a paycheck, maybe most of the fans don’t have a right to be acknowledged by him on a day like today.
Fans who thought he was just collecting a paycheck when he wasn’t hitting; maybe they should still have to think he was just collecting one today, but happened to hit well.
Therefore, he doesn’t owe you anything. You paid to see a ballgame, and you got one. He won it for you. A few days ago that would have been enough.
But today some of you aren’t happy. Why?
You wanted him out of here. He probably got that message loud and clear. Some of you still want him out of here. If not today, then tomorrow if he goes 0-4.
So you’re mad at a guy who actually produced for you, because you let him know you didn’t like him anymore, and now you’re upset that he might not like you either.
1. Fans need to stop pretending like they are the ones paying $16 million for Delgado. The only people that should be offended by his lack of production is the Wilpon family. And don’t give me that crap that you paid for your seat…you knew what you were getting yourself into with Delgado before you purchased that ticket…Wilpon clealy couldn’t have known Delgado would blow it 2-3 years down the road…
2. Delgado should have given a curtain call because of two reasons 1) He’s getting paid $16 million to entertain the fans…so if they want a curtain call then he needs to get his butt out of the dugout. 2) There are still fans that arent lunatic boo-crazy idiots and really love this team. They deserved a curtain call even if 95% of the stadium didn’t.
3) Willie needs to stop letting people “figure it out” on the field. I understand that you can’t just bench a guy like Heilman, but there is no reason for a slumping relief pitcher to be on the top of our list in IP’s…
Delgado had a no trade clause in his contract. He could have rejected the trade.
And the fans aren’t paying the tab here huh? Okay, lets imagine this hypothetical situation:
No fans attend Mets game. No ticket revenue. No advertising revenue in the stadium anymore. No concessions revenue. And since fans have stopped coming to games its a fair bet that they aren’t paying attention even at home. So no advertising dollars on SNY. So no incoming revenue to N.Y. Mets Incorporated.
Now, where is the money coming from to pay for any player. Just because we fans don’t directly pay the salaries doesn’t mean the fans aren’t picking up the tab.
But you can’t bring up his salary like its a burden on the fans because it isnt. There is no reason that a fan should ever bring up the $16 mill like they are losing the money…
people keep referring to the $16m delgado is making. he made a choice to sign with the marlins not the mets. he didn’t want to play in ny. don’t blame him for the contract. the mets traded for him.\
let’s not forget that. bernazard annoyed him by by speaking to him in a dialect even though he is an intelligent, thoughtful man.
Yes, I agree, let’s all cry for Delgado
yeah, that was my point. whatever.
Apparentely he’s only come out for 2 curtain calls in his career…
“The way I look at is I hit a solo home run in the seventh inning,” Delgado said. “I’ve got a great deal of respect for the game. I don’t think that’s a place for a curtain call.”
He hit two HRs
We beat the &#)@ing Braves
We won the series
I’m happy.
Who wouldn’t have signed up for this a couple of days ago?
He could have come out, and then our bullpen could have blown the game in the next inning. I’ll take the way things worked out today 100 times out of 100.
So we can sum up our arguments like this I guess. Correct me i’m wrong.
1. You are allowed to boo.
2. But don’t boo anyone in the first AB or while someone is coming out of the pen.
3. And don’t boo while someone is simply in a slump.
a. Does it matter how long the slump is? Just wondering….
How about when someone pulls a Jack McDowell on you. I mean the poor guy must be frustrated right lets lay off of him. Should we boo a team thats looses 12 of 17 games down the stretch to loose out in making the playoffs? No you shouldn’t right because whats done is done.
So can someone explain to me when we can boo? And not by giving me examples of when not to boo.
So can someone explain to me when we can boo?
1. When a pitcher who is known to have used his wife as a punching bag is introduced
2. Anytime a player who’s name is followed by the words *Met Killer* steps up to the plate
3. Umpire makes a bad call
4. When you have irrefutable evidence that a player is intentionally dogging it
5. When your kid strikes out at his next Little League game
haha I love #5
Hey, A-Hole! Boo whenever you want ’cause you suck, you do.
Go root for the F-in’ Yank-offs. You’re so NY-baseball, so there’s your team you piece of garbage.
You can boo whenever you want to boo.
You buy a ticket, you’re completely within your rights to boo.
I posted earlier about something that happened there today. I’ll sum it up again: I won’t tell anyone not to boo, and they shouldn’t tell me not to cheer. If people want to boo Heilman when he’s introduced, they can. I don’t see what it will help, but it’s their right. Is it sending out a message? The guy knows he’s taking a dump on the mound. He already got the message. Is it expressing frustration? Sure, and people have a right to be frustrated. That’s why I will never tell anyone not to boo, at least as long as they don’t interfere with my right to enjoy the game as well.
Personally, I’m not going to boo a guy for getting older. Take Delgado. Nobody knew what he would be doing towards the end of his contract, but did anyone expect him to get better? 2006 wasn’t that long ago, and he did everything he personally could do to get us to the world series. It wasn’t his fault we fell short, as pitchers were terrified of him during every at bat. I refuse to forget that Delgado. Others might disagree, and that’s their right.
Well said!
Just because you are allowed to boo doesn’t mean you should…
Boo the other team, but why would you boo your own?
(also, some people might not enjoy the game when all mets fans are booing their own players…that makes me die a little inside every time I see it…and then I remember that the people boo’ing players on mets are also the ones that need to vent their own frustrations because their lives so suck so bad and when their only outlet – the mets – aren’t winning, they get even more upset)
I agree. Booing your own team is simply bad form.
Mostly true, but there’s nothing we can do about it.
I do disagree with the very last part. You can’t assume someone’s life sucks because they’re booing. That’s a big leap to make considering you don’t know those people. But we’re not here to talk about their lives anyway. :)
its hard to believe how bi-polar the posters on this site are. not all posters, but a good chunk of the vocal bunch. its seems a lot of the bridge jumpers are the ones who cried about church and needin a platoon, delgado and castillo bein done and worthless, and the bullpen bein nothin but crap. now a ton of the same posters are sayin good for delgado, the pen is lookin good with sanchez(who was also done before the season), and have convienently forgotten how they ripped castillo. why cant these guys come back to reality? delgado aint an allstar anymore. but hes aint as bad as most make him out to be. he aint woth 16 mill, but who cares waht he gets paid? weve heard every name imaginable put out there as a replacement, but the konerkos and dan johnsons of the baseball world would do no better. and those posters would never fess up to the fact that they wanted a move like that. 1 hot week and the majority of castillo bashers have mysteriously vanished and moved on to other targets. face the facts, castillo isnt an allstar either, he just does what he always done. i have a lot more respect for those posters that admit they could be wrong than for those who just seem to search for targets to blame for any slump. heilman is the perfect example. he was the cant touch prospect, then the worthless bum, then the next great starter, then the next great bum, then the next great closer, then the disgrintled and slighted starter, then the next eighth inning solution, and now the inept middle reliever. for a realist, he was always, and still is a decent arm that deserves a place in ml baseball. why does it always have to be star or bum? wheres the in between? what id like to see is all these whiners and complainers who seem to overpopulate this site nowadays, to actually step up and admit when they are wrong, instead of just moving on to the next target and scapegoat. the reason i dont post here as often as in the past is because of these guys. im just sick of the holier-than- thou, know-it-alls who are quick to blame, and then just as quick to jump on a bandwagon like they knew it all along. right now it seems like there are too many fans of wright and reyes, instead of actual fans of the team.
Paragraphs are our friends
ill admit that ,if you admit to being wrong on a butt load of your ill advised assumptions all week.
There you go, now I only have a sentence to ignore
i’m really happy for delgado to hit 2 home runs today, and personally, i don’t give a crap if he comes out for a curtain call or not, whatever, as long as he hits, but i remember games like this last year where he would hit 2 home runs, then he’d cool right back off, so i just hope he stays hitting, that’s all, hope him and castillo keep it up and everyone else starts clicking
also…tell him to drop the bunt down the 3rd base line on the damn shift until they stop doing it, i’m so sick of the freaking shift!
LET’S GO METS
People are frustrated.
There are going to be a lot of ups and downs this year, and fans have a right to express themselves during both good times and bad times.
Why are you so concerned about people holding themselves accountable for yesterday’s posts? We’re all strangers here.
Besides, I don’t think anyone has changed their overall opinion about any given player. I still think the Castillo contract is a joke. Doesn’t mean I don’t want him to do well when he plays. If you think people are complaining about the pen now, wait a few months. Wait until some of these guys look like something out of a M*A*S*H unit.
Until then, let people have their good days and their bad days. You can’t tell people what to put in their posts. You CAN choose not to read them.
but i can choose to not respect those posters who play the blame game, and switch targets for that cause as they see fit. if someone blames delgado, castillo, heilman, or any other met, good for them. just fess up to it when your wrong, instead of playin the all knowing, and layin blame to the next guy. hate the castillo contact, i dont care. i wasnt a fan of 4 years either. but i aint goin to judge castillo now for what he might be like 4 years from now. the self-rightious attitude exuded by a good chuck of posters, especially on losing nites, is sickening. and its even more sickening when they feel they have the right to log back on and cheer for the same guys they were slammin the next day, while jumpin on the lets bash the scapegoat bandwagon at the same time. its called accountability, and a number of regulars here should have sacs to accept that. and you know who im talkin about.
Fans don’t have to be accountable. They’re fans.
Most of them are accountable to someone Monday through Friday 9 to 5, or some similar timeframe. Maybe during most of the weekend too when the wife is giving them the business.
For a lot of people, sports is an escape from accountability. Nobody has a right to take that away from them.
That’s just my opinion.
baseball players are employees and held accountable by managent just as most fans are by their employees and wives. so if fans feel they have the right to hold the players accountable too, its only fair that those fans are also held accountable. deal with it.
Yeah except for one thing.
There’s no way to actually hold fans accountable. You can post about your dissatisfaction with their comments. But that’s all you can do.
They can still boo, they can still be irrational on blogs.
You’re fighting a losing battle there.
By the way, still being somewhat new to this blog, I want to just point out to anyone who thinks I’m one of the boo-birds, not a chance in hell. I’ve been to just about every game at Shea this year, and I don’t boo anyone on the Mets. Don’t think I will anytime soon either. It would take a hell of a lot to get me to that point. I clap for some of the guys I’m not a fan of because they are on my team, and if they do well the team does well.
and as a fellow blogger, i can hold you accountable. you can whine and lay blame in print, while i post and call you out. i dont doubt that the majority will ever admit they are wrong. and those types, i will never respect. if you have the balls to lay blame, have the balls to admit you are wrong. its just a shame that those types seem to have taken over a site that i once thought of as a place to go to have intelligent discussion and gain some perspective of other points of view. now its just a whine fest and search for scapegoats by self deserving so called fans.
Just wanted to note that castillos contract in year 4 will probably be lower than league average for a second baseman and he may very well be in a strict platoon by then. Given Omars options this year and next, I was never upset by the deal and belive Castillos speed is invaluable now that Gomez is gone and Reyes and Chavez aren’t getting on enough to matter. Castillo nor his contract will ever harm the mets. That said Castillo .370 on base, .310 slugging, Reyes .310 on base, .392 slugging. I’ve always thought Reyes would add power and be a player who could drive in runs, why not switch them and see if Reyes responds. Castillo is what he is, but Reyes, in my opinion, is still learning and could be a chase utley type player if he was freed up a bit. He may never be consistent with his on base average. Let castillo get on like he always has, hes even stealing bases again, and let Reyes, Wright, Beltran and Church drive him in. Could any other team match them 2-5? it would be one hell of a mix of youth, speed and power from each spot in the order with no base cloggers and no slap hitters. The 4 of them are the mets best hitters and defenders, their most dynamic overall players. Why not group them together. Castillos worst full season on base percentage is still better than reyes’ best. Let him fill his role and let Reyes develop.
When you go to your kids little league game, and your kid has a bad game, or two, or three, I suppose as a parent the correct action would be to boo your kid.
It’s to show support for your kid who you love. And probably since you root for the team he plays on, you boo each kid that strikes out or makes an error.
Legally, you may have a right to do whatever you want at the ballpark, but why on earth would you go to boo YOUR OWN TEAM? The analogy may not be perfect since the Mets are not your “kids” but I think it’s absurd to go to the ballpark with the intention of having a good time by rooting for your team, and then boo like an idiot. I’m sorry to have to use the word idiot but to me, it’d be like booing your own son as in the example above.
Those that argue that ticket prices are high and therefore they are really venting at the overpaid players etc…..well then i suppose if you go to see a Broadway show and you don’t care for that particular show, you then stand up and BOO the cast? And if you go to see your favorite band in concert and the singing is a little off key – you stand up and BOO the performers?
IMO this is warped behavior by frustrated or inebriated people.
I’m not saying you have to be happy with your team when they don’t play well, but why not boo the opposition and root for the home team?
Most fans support the Mets but the boo-birds are louder than their numbers would appear.
If you really consider yourself a good fan – you should root for your team, not boo them.
trust me, their kids would be wright and reyes. but everyones elses kid would be booed.
nice work and nice words, stumped and grandslam. you make the best points. i’ve posted alot less since all of this derisive behavior has begun on the parts of the fans. i think maybe it’s because mets fans are so used to being underdogs and losers so that, instead of cheering for our successes, it’s more comfortable for us to cry and complain over our bad luck and bad losses…witness the fewer posts after a win and the massive posts after a loss. it’s NICE to win. but mets fans have brow beaten themselves into the “waiting for the other shoe to drop” mentality so that even when we do succeed, we can find something to dump on…i.e. delgado’s non curtain call. i’ve loved the mets for over 30 years now, but the new fans from the past few years are a little overwhelming and tend to take alot of the fun out of all of this.
great game today..took 2 out of 3 from the rival Braves and it was nice to see Delgado hit for a change and have some fun.
GO METS!
Great win today. Taking this series from the braves.
That said todays delgado drama only reminded me of the beltran incident a few years back. Beltran was booed relentlessly for being injured and not producing at the plate. Beltran was basically dragged out there by Julio Franco for a curtain call for PR sake. I understand why delgado didnt do it but i cant help but think this will make the boo birds come out more. Again like matt said if delgado even cares. This just goes to show those banwagon fans that we have to chill out with the booing. Im not one to change my opinion about delgado but frankly he helped us win today. To that end im happy for him. Hopefully he can build on today and CONSISTANTLY deliver at the plate. We need him to.
That said bring on the pirates. Welcome back home Nady who i believe/hope he will get a warm reception.
apparently I can’t read: I saw your last sentence about welcoming back Nady, and I thought we had traded for him. I went to ESPN.com, Mets.com, everwhere, and saw nothing. Then I read the second to last sentence. Whoops…
Anyway, today was a great game. I’m glad to see Delgado have a good game, but I’m still worried about him. Just like I don’t like to overreact to bad days, I’m gonna try not to overreact to great days like today: Delgado is still just 6 for his last 46 or something like that. Until he puts up a solid couple of weeks in a row, I’m gonna keep my expectations low. Also, what in God’s name is this team doing when they have the bases loaded? They were batting like .211 coming into today, and went 0-2 today (granted one of those was Figgy, but the other one was Wright). All those wasted bases loaded opportunities are going to kill them over the course of the season.
Alright, Debbie Downer moment over. Let’s go sweep the hell out of the Pirates. Heck, let’s roll off 20 straight wins and put this division away by the All-Star break.
A game like this made me smile.
And we better steamroll over the Buccos, I’m dead serious. They’re terrible (with the expection of today’s game when they held the Phillies to 2 hits =D)
How am I bi-polar if i say that delgado sucks but congratulate him for his game? I feel like he had a great game and there is no problem with saying that. On the flip-side i still feel like Delgado is done and i’ll write about how he sucks as much as I want to because thats true. Just don’t boo him…
You Met fans are more stupid than I thought you would be…
I’m glad Delgado did not come out for a curtain call because of all the premature booing your throw at this team plus all of the REDICULOUS COMMENTS above you make about him and this team….You derserved no curtain call whatsoever!!!
Let me clarify…
There is nothing wrong with writing about Delgado’s woes at the plate online…booing him at the stadium however is absolutely wrong. There is a big difference. This website was invented for us to talk baseball and right now the baseball talk is how delgado is losing it. Shea was built for us to cheer on the mets. Does that make some sort of sense?
Right on!