Earlier I wrote that Carlos Delgado took a curtain call after hitting his second home run of the game today off of Will Ohman to help the Mets beat the Braves 6-3. Well it turns out Carlos didn’t actually leave the dugout, and the New York media is going to be jumping all over ”Snub-gate” tomorrow.
Honestly, I don’t blame the man. If I’m getting booed by my own fans for an extended period of time, I’m not taking a curtain call either.
-Jonathan Kraft
UPDATE: Already this is getting a ton of press. Hot Foot’s Dan Lerner also says that Delgado shouldn’t be expected to embrace a group of fans who boo him. MetsBlog’s Matt Cerone warns that Delgado has only taken two curtain calls in his entire career and says Mets fans shouldn’t be too quick to judge Carlos.
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