Filip Bondy refers to knuckleheads in the stands and says this about the booing of David Wright:
Is it possible that Met fans are so tired of losing, they can no longer appreciate the bright spot burning from within the toxic haze? Have these spectators at Citi Field become as jaded and dumb-numb as Knick fans at the Garden?
You can read the entire article in The News.
I spoke my piece yesterday, and I know some folks want to defend their right to boo – guest columns are always welcome and encouraged.
I honestly think the answer to that first question is “Yes.”
I don’t want to see Wright go anywhere, but until this team gets back to the playoffs, every person on the roster, coach in the dugout, and suit in the office has an enormous monkey on his back. I don’t agree with the booing, but in the end, it goes with the territory of your team falling on its ass for 3 years straight.
Understand, stories like these are not doing Wright any favors. Media outlets feeling compelled to rush to his defense and scold the booers only feeds the notion that Wright can’t handle the role he’s been given as the team’s centerpiece, which just happens to be most oft-cited reason given for WHY people are booing him. By saying “he’s too good for that,” you’re just raising his bar that much higher and giving people more reason to magnify his failures.
At least Mets Police is consistent in not approving of booing, period, but Bondy’s thinly veiled comment that it’s OK to boo one player but not another just plays into the trap. If you’re going to say Wright’s “the man” on this team, you also have to accept that he’s the biggest target when things don’t go well. And if Wright can’t deal with that, maybe the people doing the booing have a valid point.