 Monday, August 27, 2007
The Power of Cheers
Last year I got on the Mets fans who booed Carlos Beltran on Opening Day and A-Rod all year. On Thursday night, the Mets gave a game away to San Diego. In the bottom of the 9th Carlos Delgado was up with two outs and the bases loaded and did not produce. I was at the game on Friday and by then he went 0-17 and was starting to get booed. I believe in the power of cheer when a talented player is struggling. NY fans are usually all about the boos. But something happened on Saturday. Carlos Delgado came up with two outs in the bottom of the 5th with runners in scoring position, a chance to break open the game. He was in an 0-19 slump. A fan of NY sports for 35 years, I expected to hear the boos. Something different happened. Something so special, it made me question if I was as really in New York. Maybe it was the power of the Tank at the game, I don't know. But instead of boos, there was a standing ovation. A show of support! NY fans NEVER do that!!! When asked later on Carlos said: "I wasn't sure if it was for me." The show of support worked, Carlos got the key hit on the first pitch and the Mets won. I hope the NY fans learned a lesson on Saturday, the power of Cheers over the power of Boos. Save the boos for Jeff Kent and the members of each team that we hate. Posted by Steve in New York (really?)
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