Backlash backfire

 I don't know why the New York Mets do what they do. Maybe it just takes awhile for some things to get to Queens these days.

For instance: Apparently no one's ever told 'em the won-loss record for players who whine about being booed is, like, 0-Infnity.

Seems the Mets aren't happy about the way they're being booed by their fans these days, and they've decided to give it back to them. So when one of them does something good, a few have taken to flashing the thumbs-down sign at the fans.  

Javy Baez, late of the Chicago Cubs, seems to be the main instigator in this, and you can argue that he more than anyone is justified in thumbing-off the fans. After all, he's only been a Met for a month. You'd think even New York fans should have accorded him a more respectful honeymoon period.

But, nah. It's New York, the Mets are crud, Baez is a Met now. So they boo. 

And they're completely justified in doing so.

I mean, if you're a Mets fan, how many times do you have to watch your team crap the bed before the words "You suck!" cross your lips? Yeah, the Metropolitans got to the World Series back in 2015 because they had a squadron of flamethrowers on the bump, but they haven't been back to the playoffs since 2016. And in the almost five years since, they're 32 games below .500. 

This season?

As August winds up, they're 63-67 and in third place in the NL East, seven games back of front-running Atlanta and 3 1/2  behind the Phillies for second. Another "Meh"-ts season, in other words.

So, yeah, you're gonna get booed, Javy, no matter how much you feel like you're collateral damage at this point. Your backlash is and always was doomed to backfire. You and your fellow thumbs-downers were never gonna win this one.

As if you ever do.