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Related: About this forumWelcome to New York, Frankie!
Restless Mets fans wont stop booing Francisco Lindor
https://nypost.com/2021/04/28/restless-mets-fans-wont-stop-booing-francisco-lindor/?utm_source=email_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons
Less than a month after signing a 10-year, $341 million extension with the Mets, Lindors honeymoon with the fan base appears to be over as he was the subject of more boos during a 1-0 loss to the Red Sox at Citi Field.
Lindor went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts, sinking his batting average to .203 (14-for-69) through 19 games. There were boos after each strikeout Wednesday: enough to hear it in the third inning and then a much louder chorus in the sixth from the sellout crowd of 8,051.
Its interesting and its funny and it sucks, Lindor said before Wednesdays loss, reacting to hearing the boos for the first time the night before. It doesnt feel right, for sure. Interesting, because this is the first time that it happened in my career, and funny because Im getting booed and people think Im gonna go home and think about why Im getting booed. I get it. Theyre booing because theres no results. Thats it. They expect results, I expect results and I get it. Its part of the job.
I just hope they cheer and jump on the field when I start hitting home runs and start helping the team on a daily basis a lot more than Im doing right now.
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Welcome to New York, Frankie! (Original Post)
Diamond_Dog
Apr 2021
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luvs2sing
(2,234 posts)1. It's good for the character.
And Ive been a Frankie fan since he was in the minors.
brush
(58,042 posts)2. Too bad. Should've stayed with my Tribe. He'll come around though.
Diamond_Dog
(35,177 posts)3. All of a sudden, he's facing a lot of pitchers he's never seen before.
I think hell come around, too.
Nikossitti
(314 posts)5. Nothing in the world I'd have liked better
Nothing better than for Frankie to stay with our Tribe, but unfortunately, baseball is all business.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)4. I'm just agog at the salaries of these folks.
Yes, I understand that they have a shorter career span, but WOW, $341,000,000 over 10 years.
How much did Babe Ruth get paid?
brush
(58,042 posts)6. Don't feel bad for the Babe. He got paid way more than anyone else.
His top salary with the Yankees was $80,000huge in those days and more than Pres. Hoover.
When told this, Ruth famously said: "But I had a better year than he did."
And of course he did. Most had better years than Hoover.