Thumbs Up on Thumbs Down? Rich Eisen on Mets Players “Booing” Fans | The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen reacts to the controversy in New York where Mets SS Javier Baez and other players have turned tables on booing fans by flashing a double thumbs down signal toward the crowd.
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[@simondaughtry4619]

Lindor's in for a long 10 years.....

[@averagejoeclevelandsportss4678]

Good riddance. He was dropping off in 2020.

[@Avila0930]

I don’t get it. In MLB The Show, he’s still very productive till 2026. In real life, he’s not even a top 20 SS anymore :/ so sad

[@acruzro95]

Blame the mets for paying a guy with no track record that much money. This one will be by far the worse contract in MLB history. Not only because of the length and money, but because there's many other SS they could have saved that money for and get multiple pieces instead.

[@simondaughtry4619]

@@acruzro95 Lindor is also NOT a leader... crying over booing? U kidding me?

[@flch95]

@@acruzro95 that’s mets doing mets things.

[@jamesweldon8118]

Baez struggles more like 8 times out of ten lol

[@JB511391]

Thought the same thing as he said it lol

[@glennmulero3151]

Lmao, I thought the same thing!!

[@elogotya9237]

he should play softball the ball is bigger and he wont strike out as much

[@joseberries3601]

Yup guys are drama Queen 👑👎👎👎🤓

[@TTony-tu6dm]

“We’re going to struggle 7 times out of 10”. That’s a three hundred hitter Javy , which you’re no where near

[@PeterCordi]

Thought the same thing 😂

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

I'm a die hard Cubs fan and LOVE Javy but man he is one of the most undisciplined hitters I've ever seen. When he connects he can crush it and his baseball IQ is off the charts but there is absolutely no doubt that his approach at the plate can be absolutely terrible. I really enjoyed him for his defense but this year even that hasn't been that good.

[@lakeozarkrei3767]

Not many guys are... there's actually 12 mlb players batting over .300... TWELVE! lol

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

@@lakeozarkrei3767 Yeah I've been saying for years that strikeouts really don't even matter anymore. It's a problem throughout all baseball. All the "analytic" bullcrap is destroying the game and it's total feast or famine at the plate throughout all the majors. It's not just a Javy thing but he's a pretty big posterchild for it because he has the potential to hit with so much power but of course he knows that and therefore goes to the plate thinking he's gonna crush one every time. It's really the most frustrating thing to watch in all of modern baseball right now to me.

[@part6133]

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 try staying in the shower for an hour more frustrating.

[@Pcbdude82]

Lol if we're going to win together, we got to loss together. The difference Javy. Is when you guys drop and L and completely stink up the joint. You get to drive home in your 200k car to your luxury apartment. Meanwhile I'm eating bologna sandwiches because I just blew my grocery money for the week and wasted $200+ watching you strike out 4 times and the team lose another game..

[@tcmusic6429]

Lose*

[@TheSteveSchools]

Lol i came here tp correct his literacy as well @ tc

[@Avila0930]

So if the Mets win, you get a refund for that ticket?

[@acruzro95]

@@Avila0930 no, but at least gets the satisfaction of the team winning. Which is the only thing a fan can get.

[@jimdietrich324]

Mets fans would be happy if Beaz only struggled 7 out of 10 times

[@rrichards146]

Yankee fan here sticking up for Mets fans, these dudes have to keep winning if they want respect

[@hjkkjhgfdfghjklkjhgf]

Keep winning? they need to start winning lol

[@wilhelmheinzerling5341]

Staton didnt even snare when he first got to NYC

[@wilhelmheinzerling5341]

@@hjkkjhgfdfghjklkjhgf they were 9 games ahead where have you been since april...

[@part6133]

Degrom got injured.

[@ChazFLA648]

Hysterical! The kids playing in the Little League World Series have thicker skins.

[@peterbushey6117]

Thicker than the fans for sure

[@jaybird8192]

So according to Javy: "Fans shouldn't boo me when I stink up the place!" Yeah, right Javy, we'll cheer you when you go 0 - 4 with 3 strikeouts! If you can't take the New York heat, you're definitely welcomed to sign somewhere else next year! You won't be missed!

[@acruzro95]

This shouldnt be "because is New York". Imagine paying for a restaurant that serves great steak and the mess up the steak 100 times a year. Are you supposed to just accept it ? Whether you are the customer or the owner are you supposed to accept the underperformance??. Javy Baez is losing his mind and is not being taken care of by his team. This new generation wants to cry and complain all day. And I am a millennial but I truly disagree with athletes batting .200 complaining about boos

[@cjsyblik3296]

Man I've never seen any other fanbase in baseball boo their players as much as New York fans do. So what a player is batting .200 that's what almost 1/3 of the league is doing and you're booing that? How fuckin soft is that? I don't really care what the players think, and honestly I don't think they do too. It sucks but they're getting paid more than the fans who are paying to boo their own games. How fuckin stupid is that

[@chazbedlam]

I can't wait for New York fans to absolutely eviscerate Baez for the remainder of this season.

[@frankwhite2230]

They should turn their backs when he comes to the plate.

[@ralph7545]

Baez earned and won a WS ring. Just saying...

[@kyletucker3811]

And I can't wait for rational people to call the fans the fully grown babies they are. Good at dishing it out, can't take it back. Ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun.

[@frankwhite2230]

@@ralph7545 Yup, that is about when he peaked, but I would not be giving this dude a 7 year contract, which is what he is going to want.

[@markb2714]

Baez better bring some earplugs when he plays tonight.

[@johnbrowntheprophet]

Hey Javy - Just give ‘em the good ‘ol New York Salute like Jack McDowell.

[@rxpro19]

go ahead...we'll bo you even louder till oct 3.....

[@jaybird8192]

Javy thinks he got booed??? He just stirred up a hornets nest!

[@hughesmovesgaming8748]

Just got into a argument with said dude 🤣🤣🤣

[@imandan1966]

join us in this century

[@chalkbunt81]

I am a Mets fan. Yes Javy, " I will try to do better".

[@freddymustafa5020]

Hey Javy why don't you do better ok! You suck!

[@godzillatimmy]

Stanton has struggled and has been booed MERCILESSLY and he didn't say a WORD about Yankees fans. Javy says he doesn't like the extra pressure, then leave NY as fast as you can when your season is over. Also be thankful you don't play for Philly because they've been known to slash the tires of their players.

[@uniqueonejd]

He says, "we fail 7 out of 10." Wrong Javy! Its more like 8 out of 10!

[@ccwnyc5671]

7 outta 10 is everyone batting .300

[@lakeozarkrei3767]

And what's the league batting average? Around .240 lol

[@Matt-ls5uv]

The right to boo is absolute. The right to boo with passion even more so.

[@eliasv5434]

U Right!!! Booooooo 2 U👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@2010CAS]

Well said, sir

[@ralph7545]

The players can thumbs down the same way fans can boo. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

[@kyletucker3811]

@@ralph7545 Exactly. People can miss me with the "they get paid a lot of money so they have to take it".

[@jasonstein460]

@@ralph7545 Try telling that to the team owner and management who publicly rebuked those players.

[@davidbarraza1294]

Even dodger fans booed Jansen you don’t perform to your expectations you get booed

[@BrokenPineapple]

Just be white

[@christopherdisorbo4964]

How dare the fans boo a team that was leading the division well into the season is now 11 games below .500. Absolute bums.

[@vinceniederman]

@Christopher Disorbo One of The Stupidest Things I've Seen Players Do at Fans While They Were Booing!

[@rich7787]

I really like listening to Rich Eisen, this was hilarious. The way he was wistful and thoughtful while declaring the fans aren’t the players friends, hahahahaha

[@andrewhogan6533]

I could care less about anything that dude does. If he’s putting in more effort to respond to fans than to become a better player, it says all I need to know.

[@tcmusic6429]

Couldn’t care less**

[@chalkbunt81]

No, Eisen, According to the Fran Drescher Act of 1991, there are NO mirrors in Queens.

[@obarbeito]

This players forget who pays their salaries.... their millions of dollars for swinging a bat... half of the people that attend games, have to make monetary sacrifices and obviously when the players don't do a good job they are going to get booed...

[@kyletucker3811]

The players are paid by the teams. Fans aren't entitled to not have backlash. Actions have consequences. A lot of fans feel like they own the players. They don't.

[@obarbeito]

@@kyletucker3811 how do you think the teams pays the players? Do the teams have trees that make money? No, they make money because the fans pay money to attend games, buy drinks, food, memorabilia. Fans can and should boo their teams when they aren't doing what is expected of them. It's not disrespect, it's showing frustration and they are allowed to do it.

[@russ7317]

If Javier doesn’t like booing or winning, come to Denver.

[@willardmusick1187]

I'm thinking Baltimore or the D-Backs

[@lertmelernyers8672]

D backs have some decent young talent coming up soon, they dun-need-em to poison

[@dannykobos3427]

or the rangers

[@jalexander2635]

I don't know. Is Baez's response that big of a deal? I wouldn't boo my own team, but the NY fans do. They dish it out, they get it back a little from the players. Seems like fair game.

[@kyletucker3811]

Exactly. Fans like to bring up "oh, we pay them by buying tickets". Fans pay players like people thay eat at a restaurant pay waiters. Very indirectly. And it doesn't give you a Roger to be a jackass to the waiter if the food isnt good or things are slow. Why should it be different for athletes just because they make millions?

[@bigkoeshka]

I don't think I've ever booed a team i support at a live event, but they've also never played lethargic or like trash when I've been in attendance. I will tell you whenthe Mets "decided" to have epic meltdowns in '13 and '14 booing would have been preferable to what i was shouting at my t.v.

[@johnvastola7748]

I’ve never booed my team, but it’d be unrealistic to expect that other fans will not. If they pay for a ticket, they can cheer or boo as they please. As a player , you have to act professional whatever the noise is like.

[@acruzro95]

@@kyletucker3811 you shouldnt be a jackass to the waiter. But the mets are not waiters in your analogy. The mets are the highest level, 5 star resort restaurant, where you pay thousands of dollars to stay and the food is raw and the bed sheets are dirty. You would not complain to management??? You went straight to the waiter like if Javy Baez was the ball boy or the field maintenance crew. In your example, the mets would be a 5 star steakhouse, where you pay at least $30 a meal. You love the place and support it. But they mess up the food not once not twice but 100 times. You wouldnt say nothing??? If anything, a waiter is expected to perform more often than Javy Baez. If a waiter screws up more tables than they dont, they will and should be fired. A waiter thumbs down customers when they complain about the service, and they will be fired. But again, this is not a fair comparison in the first place. This is not little leagues. MLB is the highest level of baseball so you must compare it with the highest level of service. Not with an entry level job. These guys are not entry level guys. If they were, you and I would be playing for the mets. You cant compare the mets to waiter. You gotta compare the mets to the most expensive hotel in Paris. And assume that the most expensive hotel is messing up in their service almost every night. And then say you dont expect people to complain????

[@mohegansun2439]

this was a good rant

[@ccwnyc5671]

It was perfection

[@brianthomas2434]

Eisen admits Yankee fans are obnoxious. Gotta respect that.

[@carlosrivera4391]

Mets have no leader, No one in management,coaching or player. Team needs to be broken up immediately.

[@wilhelmheinzerling5341]

THANK YOU

[@madwax1360]

Cohen is actually a fan, he's gotta be pissed! If this team doesn't at least compete the rest of the way, I think he'll completely change the personnel of this team next year.

[@butterthyme2241]

God I wish they would just release this guy. Never should have been a Met.

[@Conscious_Pirate]

Absolutely agree.

[@ericg6421]

Fans are paying the *multimillion salaries* of these *unintelligent* players by purchasing season tickets! If the team is performing *poorly* the fans have every right to BOO them. These players just need to suck it up when booed.

[@kyletucker3811]

They pay the players wages like people that go to restaurants pay the wait staff. Very indirectly, and it doesn't entitle you to treat them however you want. It's the fans that need to grow up and stop being so entitled.

[@kyletucker3811]

Ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun. Don't dish it if you can't take it, period. You can miss me with the "they make a lot of money" nonsense.

[@Jcarvalho1990]

Love you rich but as a lifelong mets fan. Totally agree with javy.

[@legman1476]

Just hand Baez his Participation trophy now. Boo-ez!

[@djksports7259]

Wow such a great video. I love your takes and you made great points. They are mentally weak players and they don’t belong here. Unfortunately lindor is here for a long time. As a life long Mets fan that why I am not a fan of signing a guy before they play in NY. Some guys can’t handle the pressure

[@donniethomas6785]

What skill does javy have other than baseball will pay him his multi million dollar a year job ,those fans pay you're salary

[@kyletucker3811]

🙄 No, the team does. Fans don't own players, and they aren't their boss. You don't get to go and be a jackass to a waitress just because you pay money that eventually gets to their checks. Why the hell should it be any different for athletes? That's elitism in reverse.

[@josephrocco2954]

@@kyletucker3811 What if the waitress does a lousy job?

[@bigs6566]

“To see if you can fog up that mirror”, RE is brilliant!

[@Biggsgaming]

Cubs fan, I love Javy’s attitude. I miss him. Man stands up for himself and isn’t afraid of anyone. Best of luck Javy.

[@paulvon2378]

that is why you traded him?

[@hushg2000]

Hope he comes back home!!

[@hushg2000]

@@paulvon2378 The Ricks decided to get something for him before he hit free agency. Same with KB … fans weren’t responsible for their exits. Fans cancelled their tv Cubs subscriptions and ticket sells. So yeah, the fans let the ricketts know

[@Peatopher90]

i can't think of one way for a player to make fans want to boo him more

[@SMSOFIA50]

Stromal getting "racist" threats?PROVE IT,guy strutting around clubhouse with BLM merch. I smell a big ,fat,Smollett.Unreal,the hypersensitivity and open hostility toward the fans.They HATE the fans and showed their true vibe.

[@MrWCLewis12]

You failed to acknowledge the Rangers and their Claw and Antlers hand motions 10 years ago. THATS when this became a thing. Except the Rangers were classy, and were stoking the crowd, not mocking them.

[@edgawronski5745]

Baez is washed up. Get rid of him. Linder is a complete bust. And Rojas is the worst manager in MLB.

[@ralph7545]

Lemme guess.... u voted for trump and lost.

[@edgawronski5745]

@@ralph7545 AOC

[@thomasvinelli]

The thumbs down was really the middle finger,

[@AA12Master]

Rich's NYC accent was extra stronger for this one!

[@GandalfTheStraight]

Long Island isn’t really NYC it’s just kinda there

[@johnvastola7748]

Rich is from Staten Island, he told me that himself when I met him in 2002

[@aa697]

Money is the root of all evil. These guys know they can do almost anything they want and nothing will happen to them and they will face no consequences. All this guaranteed money is ludicrous.

[@kyletucker3811]

What's the fans excuse anytime the boo or heckle someone?

[@aa697]

@@kyletucker3811 Booing is ok. Getting personal is not ok. I played the game and it's not an easy game to play. Try catching a routine pop-up when its 150 feet in the air. Or a sharp ground ball to third. The fans should realize how hard the game is and the stresses of a 162 game schedule not to mention spring training and playoff games. That said the fans have a right to boo if a player doesn't perform especially when he is making a fortune.

[@kyletucker3811]

@@aa697 And I disagree because of WHY they seem to think it's okay. They think because they buy a ticket, it gives them a right to act how they want to players with no backlash. That's a foolish mindset. You can't go in to a restaurant you like and buy food, then think it gives you the right to be a jackass to the staff and not expect them to give it back or you to face other reprwcussions. Fans too often act like they almost own the players because in a roundabout way they pay their salaries. That's not an okay attitude. If fans want to boo their own players, the players have a right to give it back to them.

[@aa697]

@@kyletucker3811 I think ballplayers need to understand it's the fans who support the team whether through the purchase of tickets and merchandise, cable TV and the products who sponsor the games. So ultimately it's the public who pay their salaries. Booing is ok but that's as far as it should go.

[@Jetsua02]

@@aa697 I can't understand how booing at a game helps your team? If they are performing badly, how does compounding more negative thoughts lead to a more positive outcome?

[@willardmusick1187]

This is a big "why" as to why I stay away from MLB. More perspective in following collegiate, MiLB and the foreign leagues.

[@someparts]

43 million a year and getting your feelings hurt.

[@icekapp7221]

As a Braves fan, Javy just shot up the ranks as my favorite Met.

[@whkrause]

Please sign him.

[@icekapp7221]

@@whkrause he seems to be doing just fine up in NYC.

[@whkrause]

@@icekapp7221 No, I insist, as a tribute to the outstanding Braves organization, please take him.

[@peterwest323]

Baez has a point. Doesn't it say in the bible to reciprocate negativity with negativity squared?

[@clachapelle]

RICH PLEASE TALK MORE BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stephblurry5002]

I felt that Met fans booing Lindor early in the season was unfair. It was early, you know? Now Mr. Baez, Mr. Lindor and rest of those sorry players who dare disrespect those loyal Met fans. How dare you come after fans who've been suffering for years. Met fans just witnessed their team fall out of first place in August thanks to ya'll and the rest of those overpaid bums. And this is coming from a Yankee fan. I don't care if we have a friendly rivalry I can't support that.

[@ddm62571]

New York fans are rough especially when it comes to baseball. Javy has been use to the friendly confines of Wrigley field. No way does he sign in New York this off season. He will be looking elsewhere.

[@jaybird8192]

He's not gonna want to sign in NY after what he's gonna get from the Met fans for the rest of the season!

[@ddm62571]

@@jaybird8192 Trust me he doesn't want to sign even now. He will want a fresh start with another team

[@elogotya9237]

noway the mets sign a free swinging bum like baez he cant handle the pressure most players cant

[@jaybird8192]

@@ddm62571 Yup, He can't take the New York heat!

[@TempeSoldier123]

So the fans boo the team, yell racist crap, and flip the players off and that's (to them) part of the game. The players get fed up and tell the fans to screw themselves, but the players are wrong. Got it.

[@adonissantos2748]

Rich at less you and I love the Yankees who I live 800 ft from the staduim that's one team we got right the other two of our teams stink Jets and Knicks

[@frankwhite2230]

Same circus, different clowns and I have been a fan for 40 years, truth hurts.

[@rusflournoy9014]

I don't think it's productive to boo, but I suppose it's their right. But it's also the right of the player to react how they feel necessary. I don't think the braves have ever been booed regularly the home fans. Silence is louder than boos

[@paulthacker9144]

Without paying fans, these players have no job. These players are paid ridiculous amounts of money. We expect them to perform for that money, period.

[@miguelberrios19]

Correct, but as we all seen, the way they behave when asked for a autograph makes me sick. They act like they are gods, and that is a huge reason that I don't support any team now as a fan.

[@Coreyy12]

Yeah Javy, you tell those fans!!! How *DARE* these fans boo the team with the best record in baseb….. oh wait. Your team went from a 4 game lead to 3rd place in the division. Not to mention you’re barely hitting over .200 and the team has gone 9-21 since the deadline. Fans will ride with you when you hit a cold streak, but when the cold streak is longer than the positives, what do you want them to do?

[@97NikeSb]

I’ve boo’d my teams everybody has. Being an LA fan I was there when kershaw choked against the Cardinals I’ve seen Jansen implode and I saw the lakers be dogshit before lebron arrived. My gripe is the attitude New Yorkers have to everything and that’s why it’s so great to see them lose. At least Yankees fans acknowledge the arrogance but Mets fans act the same and swear they’re better than Yankee fans

[@BarLadyy]

As a Yankees fan, I totally agree with this.

[@kyletucker3811]

I've literally never booed my teams. Expressed frustration by yelling and cursing? Sure. But not actively directed a boo at them. Of course, I find booing anybody but a ref a waste of energy.

[@97NikeSb]

@@kyletucker3811 so cursing at your team is better than booing? Lol we the fans pay our hard earned money to show up and if they don’t play to the level we know they can play at we can boo. I don’t always boo but there have been times when my teams have been underwhelming

[@kyletucker3811]

@@97NikeSb Yes, because I'm not joining together with thousands of other people so they hear it. That's me talking to essentially myself, not directing it at the players. And you want to boo? Fine. But they have the right to push back. This idea that just because you buy a ticket it gives you the right to act how you want to the players is foolish. That's like saying because you go to a restaurant and order food it gives you the right to be a jackass to the wait staff if the food isn't good or it's slow. If you want to boo the players. they should have the right to push back.

[@glennwojcik2342]

So glad Baez is in New York!

[@joshuat7171]

Mets might just sign Seager in free agency and ship Lindor out for some starting pitching or a quality 2B like Arraez from MN who could hit leadoff. Baez won’t be resigned.

[@CarolCityCane305]

Wtf would trade for lindor

[@kgballa]

Darvish was destroyed in chicago... If you're raised with a team and win a ring you get spoiled here's looking at Javy

[@kennylevine1150]

I never heard Darvish get booed during games. Yeah the Twitter meatballs hated him but they also hated Kris Bryant. I just don't understand why anybody would boo their own team. It doesn't make sense to me

[@kgballa]

@@kennylevine1150 they shredded him I was at the game he almost cried afterwards. I remember The interpreter

[@danr154]

And then the fans finally grew to love him and both sodes ended up not wanting to part ways until Hoyer decided to cut this team off at the knees and trade him so the rebuild could start.

[@kgballa]

@@danr154 Hoyer obviously resented Epstein for getting all the credit, even though he did a lot of the work, that's why he wants a legacy of his own.

[@dillMANbaby]

Ehh let the boys have their fun

[@phinatic9591]

Best believe I will be tuned in at 7pm est lol

[@Zero_Da_Hero]

Mets probably should have remembered Bobby Bonilla and reevaluated their decision

[@usandthem3136]

Sounds like New York isnt the place for him lol

[@themilkman3537]

So it looks like Baez regardless of what the outcome, will be booed each at bat by all of baseball. Congratulations, in world SO divided you brought us back together. Even Mets fans hate the Mets back half of 2021. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 First team in history to have zero credible defenders 🤣🤣

[@asacloutier7530]

You gotta boo your teams when they are garbage or making bad moves cause otherwise all our favorite organizations slowly grow into a Detroit franchise and nobody wants to see that tragedy unfold.

[@lakeozarkrei3767]

The league wide batting average is .242... there's actually 12 players batting over .300... TWELVE! Sounds like Mets fans may be expecting a little more than they should.. lol

[@gabrielvazquez1691]

I honestly thought they were ripping off Todd Frazier's celebration.

[@jayburdification]

This was already old 5 days ago when it dropped. Enough. The Mets players are overreacting to getting booed, too many Mets fans are being a bunch of over-dramatic whiners over it, and the media won’t stop stoking the fire. Meanwhile, the Mets have won 7 of 8, and Báez, Lindor, and Pillar are ALL getting clutch hits. No better remedy than winning, so can we please STFU about it?

[@jdl1986now]

Lindor instigated this. Baez foolishly went along. Pillar got caught up in the stupidity. Bottom line: Lindor should NEVER had signed with a NY team. He should have taken the contract Cleveland offered him, but he wanted more $$$$. Now it's very likely he's going to be miserable for the next 10 years.

[@skippythealien9627]

Yankees/Mets doesn't actually really translate well to Cubs/Sox. The Sox literally have maybe 200 fans in all of Chicago. It's probably changed now b/c of how well they're doing but that's exactly my point. 200 loyal fans and the rest of people wearing Sox gear in Chicago are all bandwagon jumpers who don't really watch baseball say what you will about LOLMets, but at least their fans are loyal

[@hiller5945]

Baseball players are children without parental guidance. This is why I don't watch much anymore. F'd up mentality. Not my sport anymore. Fifty plus years down the drain. Good riddance.

[@williamwhite2113]

The problem with Baez is he has rabbit ears. If he has a problem with fans booing him, then play better, dude. Using the "we're going to fail 3 times out of 10" doesn't work especially in the Big Apple. As long as you do your job, they'll love you, but you pull the thumbs down BS the fans won't let you forget.

[@Davidstefanos]

Instead of booing, fans just shouldn’t show up to games. Why pay $150-$200 plus food and drinks just to have shitty time with your team? Just don’t show up because an empty stadium sends a louder message than booing.

[@josephvanhorn5347]

That stadium? That’s the problem with it. It’s huge. It’s a stadium, not a ballpark. It’s way too big. It’s too big to watch baseball and too big to play baseball.

[@raulalarcon8717]

Who cares about what the Yankees did at the trade deadline? Who cares about Jeter in '04? Mets fans aren't "hearing it" from Yankees fans, just the As$@&%e media types that have a platform. People who hate millionaire ballplayers are mad at this.

[@josephcirillo5292]

"they" meaning us fans "gotta be better"...that says it all...all we want you to do is perform to some what level of consistency....I've worked all my life and if I screwed up at work I would hear it from my 'fans'.....and I deserved it and maned up...I'm one of the so called "jerks" that was sitting behind the Met dugout last week....was fun giving them the thumbs down at the begging of the game and it was all in fun...but in the end when they won the game our thumbs were up....way way up...that all we want...overall the game was great....and one last note ..I nor my friend were ever boo birds....we are very long time Met fans...and will always will be as long as we live

[@johnerrol1331]

Rich, with regards to your comment that you get called Fat, bald and Jewish. Well you are bold, But I love ya!!! Best sports show ever! Keep up the great and honest work...

[@Anthrope7]

The fans are fair game. I don't personally understand booing your own team, but having gone to games with NY fans, I think it's an east coast thing that I never understood... booing because they're not playing well and then expecting them to be silent and just play better is a type of hypocrisy that deserves further study.

[@kevin852]

As a tribe fan, god damn has Lindor lost his way, WTF is he doing booing his fan base for the next decade 🤦🏻‍♂️. Read the room Francisco!

[@promeitheus]

Lindor should be ashamed. 43 million. Unbelievable. I’d be booing even when i wasn’t at the ballpark

[@KennyVee]

While I agree, where was this commentary when the Yankees did the same thing? watch?v=_0gXTbtglBs

[@TheMattrking]

Fans can boo whoever they want. Players can boo whoever they want. The only thing that’s gonna change that is if/when it starts affecting profits.

[@TCO1216]

Kevin Pillar sucks. he took a ball to the face. he got lucky he was able to recover quickly. doesn't make him a gamer

[@justingerald]

The Yankee thing is punching their bicep to show strength. That doesn't make it... cool, but that's why.

[@pcr5539]

This is so ridiculous you’re a professional athlete… if you don’t want to get booed or criticized when you’re not doing well you and your boys can get together in a field somewhere and play some sandlot ball otherwise treat the people who make it possible for you to get paid to play a child hood game with respect..

[@Darth_Vader.731]

Damn. You guys are lucky to have Javy. We'll be taking him back next year, though.

[@romanc.5074]

By the way, if you are a professional athlete, you have to talk to the media, lets be clear here or expect to be criticized. I do not see the big difference here.

[@briansmith4475]

Wheres the veteran leadership' in this clubhouse?? David wright would never allow this

[@MrMarmarsFilms]

You really want to know what's wrong with the Mets? No Degrom, no De-win! And that's the bottom line!

[@belisarius7880]

yeh it's a bad look. shouldn't take shots like that at the people who have much less than you, who are paying your salary.

[@darkwitnesslxx]

Millions of dollars and a lifetime of adoration when you're good at your job, but when youre bad a boo is out of line?

[@samrehl4660]

This almost seems fake, it’s impossible that players can have this belief. It’s impossible

[@Bdot1588]

If the racists don't get a pass I demand the anti-bald contingent in society be held accountable.

[@ldgh47]

Fans are fine, it's steve cohen being a twitter troll that the players are really booing, they just can't say it

[@jalexander2635]

Yeah, that's probably true. Easier to tell the fans off than the owner

[@elvis-jj1sc]

so applaud them when they strike out? im confused????

[@romanc.5074]

Just crazy, I don't have to be better, the fans have to. Lets blame others.

[@cubpernicus]

Wait, what's Rich Eisen's batting average since becoming a Met?

[@DeeDubious]

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

[@kyletucker3811]

Boooooooooooooooo! See, its reciprocal. Ya get what ya give.

[@ralph7545]

👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@rbrown5141]

Man, I am so glad that I am not a Mets fan! What a bunch of Horse SH@T that is!

[@mattpalmer3258]

Francisco can't see over his lips. Lookin like bababooey