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CitizenSnips
As a Met fan I will never understand why Beltran would be disliked in NY by other Met fans. Don’t bring up Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS, that’s old hat and one at bat. He had a very solid run in NY including three great years.
SWB0781 .
We also would have never been in game 7 without him. In our 10 playoff games he hit 3 home runs with a 156 wRC+. Plus he probably deserved the MVP that year. Or I should say he and Pujols were definitely the top 2. Howard winning it was a joke. He played great for us in 07 and 08 as well, although not quite as well as 06 which is probably his best year of his career.
Any Mets fan who dislikes Beltran because of that strike out isn’t a real fan honestly.
nik
He isn’t really… that’s fiction created by sportswriters who have nothing better to do than to cause unheralded drama.
Blue387
I liked Carlos Beltran. He was pretty good when healthy.
PFKMan23
Most of the Yankee fans I knew hated the Beltran signing, especially when it was heard he’d be playing right field.
Derpy
I just want to point out that most of the Mets fans who dislike Beltran do it tongue in cheek. It’s become a long running joke.
MB923
I’m probably one of the few Yankee fans who Doesn’t “dislike” Beltran. The signing, well that’s a different story. If you want my honest opinion, I think the Yankees only signed him to make up for offense for losing Cano. Obviously he has provided next to nothing offensively but hindsight is 20/20, considering he did very well in St. Louis.
TB1223
“hindsight is 20/20” It was pretty obvious that at 45M, it was a big overpay, there’s no hindsight there. For example, even if Headley doesn’t live up expectations, no one can say it was a bad contract. But 45M for a 37yo, was there really someone who was about to pay him 44M?
MB923
I’m talking about his offense dropping. He had 5 straight seasons of a 127 OPS+
JC 5
as a met fan I loved the beltran signing I’ll admit to being frustrated with his injury problem in blue and orange but I never hated him. I did tell a Yankee fan friend of mine the Yankee contract was stupid as at this point i doubted he could stay on the field but I never hated him
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Gardner, Ellsbury, Young/Heathcott
Mikenmn
I think Beltran got a bum rap from Mets fans, who are fixated on a single moment and set aside all the rest of the things he did. As a Yankee fan I thought the signing was unwise because of its length. I’m really surprised by the sharpness of his decline. Beltran does try, he’s just seems completely shot. You do wonder what the heck happened to him. Yankees should probably do a better job on the medicals.
nik
He hasn’t had one. I have no idea where that comes from. He wasn’t even booed.
Tommets
The strikeout isn’t what got Beltran a bad name for himself in Queens. Yeah, we’ll never forget it or forgive it for him. It’s the fact that when he signed with the Yankees he came out with “I was never treated right”. Why didn’t he speak up before? Also the injuries were an annoyance because of the contract he was given.
nik
There’s nothing to forgive for the K, he didn’t do that on purpose. He struck out… it happens. The Yankee stuff does get to me.
Shaungbd
Who’s the other teams?
DrewF812
I’m not sure he’s actually disliked by most Mets fans. The Game 7 incident is used as a rib, yes. But look back at when they introduced him at the All-Star game at Citi Field
nik
Drew… don’t let facts get in the way of a reporters fictional story! 🙂
nik
Beltran being hated by Mets fans is a creation of the NY media. Most Met
fans don’t hate Beltran, although some are cold toward him NOT due to
2006, but rather because he never liked or valued us. It’s human
nature.
Personally, I HATE when sportswriters bring up that 3rd strike and pretend the fan base is obsessed with it. We are a relatively well versed group of fans and it’s condescending to simplify our connection to a player into one at-bat. He was really good as a Met, if not very engaging. I don’t know ANY Met fans personally who hate Carlos Beltran.