Remember way back at the end of 2007, where teams were complaining about the excessive celebrations of the New York Mets? Well guess who's complaining this season about excessive singing and dancing of other teams? That's right, it's Mets pitcher Nelson Figueroa ... after getting shelled by the Washington Nationals on Monday night:Figueroa was fuming over the behavior of some of the Nationals' players during the third inning, whom he accused of singing and chanting as he pitched to Austin Kearns with the bases loaded and the score tied, 3-3.Somewhere, somehow, Jennie Finch is offended.
"They were cheerleading in the dugout like a bunch of softball girls," Figueroa said. "I'm a professional just like anybody else, so I take huge offense to that. ... I think they need to show a little more class and professionalism. They won tonight but, in the long run, they are still who they are."
So it seems that the shoe is on the other foot this season. Playing the role of the shoe is Nats' outfielder Lastings Milledge, the very same player at the heart of a lot of the Mets' celebrations and dances last season.
"Well, what are we supposed to do?" Milledge said. "We're not supposed to cater to anybody on the opposing team. We're not going to cater to him or anybody else, so whatever. We've been down the last couple days; we want to get something going. If you don't like it, you've got to just deal with it."I for one especially liked those Elijah Dukes chants of "Sis, boom, bah ... dawg! Sis, boom, bah ... dawg!" Or something like that.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-13-2008 @ 8:20AM
Annual loser said...
I can't wait until Nelson has to get a real job
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5-13-2008 @ 9:47AM
LEW said...
FIGUEROA DIDNT HAVE IT. EVERYONE SAW THISTUPID RANDOLPH AS HE ALWAYS DOES WHEN A RITCHER OBVIOUSLY DOEST HAVE GOOD STUFF, HE LEAVES HIM IN TO LONG. HE DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. 4 YEARS NOW HE SUCKS AS A MANAGER, SOSA AS I SAIS BEFORE THE SEASON IS GARBAGE. THIS TEAM HAS A LOUSY BULL PEN. RANDOLPH KEEPS MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES. OF COURSE AFTER GIVING UP 6 RUNS THE GAME WAS OVER THE QUITTERS QUIT. AS USUAL. DEL CRAPO O FOR 5.
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5-13-2008 @ 2:35PM
Geyser said...
The Met celebrations lasted until the play was over. I never heard of anybody complain9ing that their celebrations went on and on.
As for Millage, he was a Rookie that didn't know any better or so he says. There are unwritten rules in every sport. If the Washington team thinks it's okay to taunt a player, let them think about it dwelling in last place.
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5-14-2008 @ 2:19PM
SPIKEHAMMER said...
MAN UP! IT IS TOO EARLY IN THE SEASON TO HAVE A MELT DOWN, WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER LIKE THE METS DID IN 2007 SEASON
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5-15-2008 @ 10:58PM
AtTheWall said...
This guy sucks Hes the only guy in baseball that I know of that invites all of his hometown friends to all the games he pitches in pays for their mezzanine seats and has them hold up signs and cheer him on frantically like they are cheerleaders but then gets mad when the national players chant for their team to win. Figueroa is a joke and a man with an immature ego.
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