Mets players let their booing fans 'know how it feels' with strange thumbs down celebration

[Chuck]

The New York Mets topped the Washington Nationals at home on Sunday by a score of 9-4 (box score). Central to the triumph was Jonathan Villar, who wound up a double shy of the cycle. The most talked about hit, however, will no doubt be the home run by deadline acquisition Javier Báez.

It was an impressive blast at 444 feet, and that's his 26th of the season (and fourth since the trade from the Cubs to the Mets). It's a bit hard to make out from the video, but Baez as he touches the plate celebrates his blast with a double thumbs-down gesture, which seems an odd way to commemorate a homer.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mets-players-let-their-booing-fans-know-how-it-feels-with-strange-thumbs-down-celebration/

[Chuck]

 

[m0nkey]

What a post all star break collapse for them 

[Lou]

13 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

What a post all star break collapse for them 

That's what an amazing starting pitching staff gets you.

[Vlad27Trout27]

The MEts are the Angels of the NL

We'll trade them one Rendon for one Degrom. Should help both sides!

[Chuck]

 

[robblin17]

I wish the Angels fans cared this much. 

[Lou]

7 minutes ago, robblin17 said:

I wish the Angels fans cared this much. 

We're not douchebags.

[Revad]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

We're not douchebags.

More like buttercups.

[tdawg87]

I don't really care but The Mets make me feel slightly less depressed about being an Angels fan.

[Stradling]

So booing means you care?  What a goddamn joke. 

[Jay]

I don't boo our own guys.

 

[Stradling]

17 minutes ago, Jay said:

I don't boo our own guys.

 

Exactly.  If people want to be idiots and talk shit just come here. 

[Revad]

I find bitching on AW as acceptable group behavior, but hecklers or booing in person to be aggressive in a way like bullying. 

[Revad]

I don’t mean I won’t boo if I feel like it but I don’t go there to boo.

[Stradling]

10 minutes ago, Revad said:

I don’t mean I won’t boo if I feel like it but I don’t go there to boo.

Trust me, most of the loudest mouths don’t actually go to games, yet they claim to “pay the players salaries”. 

[failos]

54 minutes ago, Jay said:

I don't boo our own guys.

 

I booed Guerra and Quintana. I also had some choice words to say to Maddon and I think he heard me.

[failos]

15 minutes ago, Revad said:

I don’t mean I won’t boo if I feel like it but I don’t go there to boo.

It’s acceptable in certain situations.

[Revad]

1 hour ago, stinkeye said:

It’s acceptable in certain situations.

I agree.

[eligrba]

Good thing there isn't a booing option on the game day threads.

[angelsnationtalk]

12 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

I hate the media in all forms weather it's news, weather or sports..... But isn't Stroman lying on this one? 

Baez said in his interview "We're going to do the same thing to know how to let them know how it feels you know".

Seems like they created the controversy on their own 

[yk9001]

 

"They've got to be better," Javier Báez said of the Mets' fan base.

[AngelsFaninGA]

12 hours ago, Lou said:

We're not douchebags.

Speak for yourself

[Jay]

Usually when the team is that bad I don't go to the games.

But when they stink it up I'll grumble or complain to the person sitting next to me but I don't usually boo the team.

I might have booed during the 2014 LDS. That was the ultimate Angels suckage. Maybe I booed Hamilton, I don't remember.

And I never, ever boo college kids.

 

[zenmaster]

I never understood booing your home team and/or players. Do they think adding insult to injury is going to make them perform better?