It hasn’t been an easy few days for the New York Mets, and now, the opposing players are even getting in on the act.
The Mets caused somewhat of an uproar amongst their fanbase after Javy Baez, Francisco Lindor and Kevin Pillar were seen gesturing “thumbs down” in Sunday’s win against the Nationals. Baez said after the game that the gesture was a message to the fans who had booed the Mets throughout the August collapse.
The organization then spent the next two days playing damage control, which included pregame apologies from Baez and Lindor (Mets fans booed those apologies).
Well, it also didn’t take long to see the thumbs down make an appearance in Tuesday’s game.
Aguilar to Lindor: “Me, what did I do? You’re the one booing the fans” 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/EiFSYaZ4CZ
— Master flip (@Masterflip_) August 31, 2021
During the second inning, the Marlins’ Jesus Aguilar retired Jonathan Villar on a groundout to first. Aguilar then turned to the Mets dugout and had some words — likely in a joking manner — with Lindor. At one point, Aguilar made a “thumbs down” gesture in the exchange with Lindor — an obvious reference to the controversy of the past few days.
It did appear that Aguilar was mostly messing with Lindor given the smile at the end of the video. But it’s pretty clear that the Mets are going to hear about the thumbs-down saga for some time from their opponents this season.
And you know what — there’s nothing wrong with that. Baseball needs more taunting.
