- Players have been booed following terrible run of form
- Mets fans have long history of turning on their own players
Playing for the New York Mets is not a job for the faint of heart. As well as the cruel losses, inexplicable collapses and long history of mismanagement there’s the fact that Mets fans have been known to boo their own players with the season barely a few weeks old.
Antipathy from fans has been particularly strong in the last few weeks, when the Mets went from leading the NL East to seeing their playoff chances all but end after losing 12 of 14 games. They have corrected things slightly with two victories in a row over the severely depleted Washington Nationals, and during Sunday’s win three of their players adopted a, shall we say, debatable approach to winning the crowd over: they flashed the thumbs down gesture at fans during the game.
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Francisco Lindor, Javier Báez and Kevin Pillar were among those Mets players to flash thumbs-down signs after their hits today.
“When we don’t get success, we’re going to get booed,” Báez explained afterward. “So they [the fans]are going to get booed when we get success.” pic.twitter.com/TGX55fQM2O
