Mets Fans: Too Much Booing?

There has been a lot of talk this week about Mets fans and what happened in last Sunday's game. The Mets beat the Braves on Sunday afternoon but the real story in the game is what happened after Mets first basemen Carlos Delgado hit his second homerun of the game. Delgado had been in a 4-49 slump before the game and had been getting booed heavily by Mets fans. After he hit the homerun that put the Mets ahead the fans wanted him to come out for a curtain call. Delgado refused to come out of the dugout and give the fans what they wanted. After the game he said that he really didn't feel like he should take a curtain call after a home run in a game in April, especially since he had been hitting so poorly.

I have no problem with what Delgado did, but it was seems to me it was made such a big deal this week by New York media. Whether he really didn't feel like taking the curtain call in that situation or he was just upset with the fans for booing him, I think he was right not to do it. First of all, I think that Met fans have been really excessive this year with their constant booing of certain players on the team. I understand that when you buy a ticket to game you have the right to boo players if you want, but I just think that their have been times this year where fans have gone over the line. I remember that their were some Met fans booing players in the first week of the season for things that happened last year. Some fans even booed pitcher Johan Santana after his first start at home this year because he gave up a couple of homeruns in his first start. He has pitched really well overall this year and is the pitcher on the team, the guys not going to be pervect every time out. It's just not smart, I mean why don't we give these guys a chance first. The booing is not going to help the players, so why do it?

I think the fans have to realize that just as they have a right to boo, the players have a right to refuse curtain calls and do what they want. I just think that some fans are still upset with the Mets collapse last year and they want the team to be perfect. As a Met fan I want the team to succeed, but I feel that some fans have gone over the line in their hating this year on some circumstances. The main thing that should have been taken from that game Sunday was that they won the game. Not this whole booing and curtain call stuff.