Mets - Pads IGT 8/5/08

[Gwreck]

Crowd was booing Heilman before he ever threw a pitch. Not good. I can of course understand the boos after the homers but the caustic atmosphere is making me really see just how stupid so many of the fans are.

Tatis got a curtain call (some might say it was just a pinch too long in length) after his second home run. First Shea curtain call since Maine's homer last summer.

I can deal with Murphy getting hung up at third (it happens, he's a rookie, etc.) but David also getting thrown out on the basepath that inning was inexcusable.

[metirish]

] First Shea curtain call since Maine's homer last summer.

That's a surprise to me.

]Crowd was booing Heilman before he ever threw a pitch. Not good. I can of course understand the boos after the homers but the caustic atmosphere is making me really see just how stupid so many of the fans are.

Darling mentioned as Heilman was about to start his inning with a walk that " this crowd tonight is ravenous so he needs to throw a strike" , rough stuff.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Soupcan (left) and his buddy from Cobra Kai, the "Body Bag" Kid, cheer Tatis.

[Guest AG/DC]

Note Tommie Smith in row two, celebrating the opening of the Olympics by reviving his black power salute from 1968.

Seriously, if I'm a Padres fan, I'm still rippping Bud Black this morning for lifting Young.

[soupcan]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]

I'll give you there's a resemblance but I'm much better looking.

As to Heilman being booed - I agree that booing him before he even threw a pitch is bad but bouncing his first pitch to the backstop and then missing badly with the next three sure didn't help his cause.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

="soupcan"] ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"] I'll give you there's a resemblance but I'm much better looking.

What's that guy doing in your seats then?

[soupcan]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]What's that guy doing in your seats then?

My seats are....


KRAMER: Back and to the left

JERRY: Back and to the left Back and to the left



(well, back and to the right actually)

[Guest AG/DC]

soupcan wrote: As to Heilman being booed - I agree that booing him before he even threw a pitch is bad but bouncing his first pitch to the backstop and then missing badly with the next three sure didn't help his cause.

Of course not, but that's an after-the-fact justification. If they have a stake in his performance, they shouldn't undemine it.

Meantime, the fans were sitting on a come-from-behind four-run lead, ready to snap a four-game losing streak. Firing the hate gun there is so bloody miserly. It's almost self-hatred at that point.