Before we call it quits here for the night, just a few more blogs from todays Round the Metsblogs.  Same topic, different voices.

To start, Mets Today, where they say what Mota did was wrong, but we should support him in his bid to play well while clean, since his success is our success. From their blog:

He doesn’t need — nor deserve — a thunderous, standing ovation. But a nice little cheer will do wonders for his psyche.

A nice point. Booing didn't make Beltran hit that first season here.  Booing didn't turn A-rod clutch. Booing didn't help Mackey Sasser throw back to the pitcher. But many players do thrive from crowd support.  Reyes for example, has said in interviews the “Jose” chant energizes him.  While he doesn't deserve Reyes level support, maybe at least a middle ground support given to some of the other various interchangable middle releivers is probably better than booing. They also go a bit into the Bonds issue as well, who they support your booing.

Lou over at Never Forget puts the blame on all of baseball, for their willingness to look the other way when this whole mess started.

Though Lou doesn't say it, if we are going to blame baseball, perhaps we should blame ourselves as well.  We the fans accepted the mysterious homerun rise of the late 90s just as much as the front offices.

And to wrap it up for the night, Melissa over at Blue Skies and Baseball reminds us to respect the game.  Don't boo Barry, or anyone else for that matter, but cheer for your team.Words of wisdom from her  post tonight:

Poor sportsmanship is bad for everyone, and maybe it's time to
teach everyone to treat the game with the respect that it deserves.

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