Michael Kay on his damn talk radio show is a big baby. He personally thinks that you as a fan should not boo a player because it is not going to help him. He is currently making his point about the Mets fans booing Wagner after he blew a save against the Weakling Pirates last night.
Here are his points:
A) A player is given money based on his past performances and is not guaranteed to be succesful.
True, however it is 100% valid that this places more expectations on him to be succesful, therefore creating more understandable displeasure in the fan base when unsuccessful. In addition especially in the relievers case, the better players are going to be placed in the most important situation, thus there failures are more intense creating even more unrest. Do you think the Yankees plan on using Scott Proctor to close out games anytime soon? No, I didnt think so.
B) It is not the players fault that an organization gave him a ludicrous contract.
Partially true. The franchises need to live with their idiotic decisions, Jarrett Wright, Carl Pavano, however in many cases players eagerly seek out the highest bidder and dump their old franchise for more money, Johnny Damon. Therefore they eagerly are going into a situation where the money creates high expectations and are volunteering for both the positive and negative consiquences.
C) How is this going to help your team get better?
Who cares, booing a player is not about making your team better, booing is about as a fan voiceing your displeasure. It's like a parent who's kid comes home after getting into a fight, is the parent yelling at him to make him feel worse, no its a natural reaction when you are upset and disappointed. Again if your a player and you mess up, live with it, its not a big deal.
D) If all you want as a fan is for your team to win, and booing doesnt help, why do you do it?
Again Michael you are completely off base. Booing isn't to inspire your team to win or lose. It's voiceing displeasure. Does cheering A-Rod after every homerun really affect his play? If that was the case than no one would ever hit a home run on the road for fear of being booed by the away crowd.
So here's my final opinion, as an above average in bitterness human being, booing is fans being bitter that you are not meeting expectations thats it. If you do something well you are going to get cheered, if you do something really bad or you are consistantly bad you are going to get booed, you're men, you're getting paid millions of dollars get over it. And Michael Kay start treating it like that, if fans pay money and see failure they have a right to be upset.
Here are his points:
A) A player is given money based on his past performances and is not guaranteed to be succesful.
True, however it is 100% valid that this places more expectations on him to be succesful, therefore creating more understandable displeasure in the fan base when unsuccessful. In addition especially in the relievers case, the better players are going to be placed in the most important situation, thus there failures are more intense creating even more unrest. Do you think the Yankees plan on using Scott Proctor to close out games anytime soon? No, I didnt think so.
B) It is not the players fault that an organization gave him a ludicrous contract.
Partially true. The franchises need to live with their idiotic decisions, Jarrett Wright, Carl Pavano, however in many cases players eagerly seek out the highest bidder and dump their old franchise for more money, Johnny Damon. Therefore they eagerly are going into a situation where the money creates high expectations and are volunteering for both the positive and negative consiquences.
C) How is this going to help your team get better?
Who cares, booing a player is not about making your team better, booing is about as a fan voiceing your displeasure. It's like a parent who's kid comes home after getting into a fight, is the parent yelling at him to make him feel worse, no its a natural reaction when you are upset and disappointed. Again if your a player and you mess up, live with it, its not a big deal.
D) If all you want as a fan is for your team to win, and booing doesnt help, why do you do it?
Again Michael you are completely off base. Booing isn't to inspire your team to win or lose. It's voiceing displeasure. Does cheering A-Rod after every homerun really affect his play? If that was the case than no one would ever hit a home run on the road for fear of being booed by the away crowd.
So here's my final opinion, as an above average in bitterness human being, booing is fans being bitter that you are not meeting expectations thats it. If you do something well you are going to get cheered, if you do something really bad or you are consistantly bad you are going to get booed, you're men, you're getting paid millions of dollars get over it. And Michael Kay start treating it like that, if fans pay money and see failure they have a right to be upset.
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