Booing at Shea

We shouldn't be booing the likes of Santana.  Save it for Delgado and let him realize we want more from him than just some warm skin.

I cringed when I heard the fans booing Santana at Shea.  It goes without saying that he's an incredible pitcher but we can't expect him to win every single time he takes the mound.  He will give us a chance to win though, every single time.

That being said, Mets fans are very vocal and expect a high-caliber team and when that doens't happen we tend to make our frustrations known.  We boo because we're only as human as the guy on the mound or the batter at the plate.

Your argument doesn't makes sense. I payed alot of money for my car and have the right to go kicked in the doors if the battery dies but that doesn't make it right. Just like booing and putting down your team in their own home doesn't. Getting a large salary doesn't automatically make someone clutch or produce everytime. If you think booing Santana was justified i really can't argue with you, because you don't have a clue. Delgado is another story if you want him to play better and booing is obviously not helping why would you continue to do so? You payed hard earned money as you say to watch them play. Did you pay to watch them play poorly??? If that is the case then keep booing. If you didn't  pay to watch them play poorly maybe you should take another tatic.

You must not be friends with alot of sports people, because if you were you would know your in the wrong. Do you know what other people say about Mets fans when they hear that we booed Santana. That's almost eagle fan territory. Unfortunatly in central jersey there are alot of yankee and philly fans and i have no leg to stand on when they critizie mets fans for their booing at shea. I'm sorry but it really ticks me off when i have to be included with a bunch of animals (fans who boo at shea stadium) and eagle fans. Thank god baseball is played during christmas time, because i guess you would boo santa too if given the chance.

As far as booing the other players though, and Delgado in particular, I can't say it bothers me. They were up 7 games with 17 left to play last year and they have the 3rd highest payroll in MLB. There should be high expectations, and rightly or wrongly Delgado has come to symbolize a lot of what went wrong that year. The guy makes $15 million a year and fell off the face of the earth last season. At least Reyes is still young and making relatively little in baseball terms.

But what really bothers me about all of them is the attitude they've had. Its like they can't possibly understand why the fans are upset with them. The answer is simple: THEY WERE UP 7 FRIGGIN GAMES WITH 17 TO PLAY AND MISSED THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR!!! And then (and granted, this isn't directly the players' fault) the organization has the nerve to hike ticket prices 20%. As far as I'm concerned, every player on that team who was on the roster last year should have to rotate picking a section in the stands before every home game and just walk through apologizing to random fans, and Delgado should get the entire upper deck. If he doesn't want to get booed, then he can go take a $10 million paycut this offseason when his contract is up and go play for St. Louis or Chicago or one of these places where no one ever gets booed and be happy.

Faema- Thanks appreciate the salute.

LXA479- can't argue with anything you said all valid points. I also agree with the attiude of the players. It has to change and quite frankly I've stayed away from this debate for a while but that comes from the manager. I'm not asking to rid Willie but he has to light a fire under them.

PS. I like the idea of the players helping out on ticket prices