September 13, 2007

The Crowd Tells Mota How It Is

Mike Bauman at MLB.com writes about Guillermo Mota and how the crowd at Shea Stadium reacted to him in last night's win over the Braves:


The vast majority of the 51,648 patrons of the game on hand on Wednesday night booed reliever Guillermo Mota. And this was just when he showed up on the mound in the eighth inning. The fans reached a much higher decibel level after he had surrendered a two-run single that turned a 3-1 game into a 3-3 tie.

When you say that Mota has not been effective this season, you're being generous. He has a 5.79 ERA in 44 games. His appearance in a 3-1 game, in the late innings with the bases loaded, filled the paying public with what sounded like a mixture of dread and dismay. The paying public wasn't wrong.

Amid the postgame elation at Shea Stadium, where the announcement was made that Mota was the winning pitcher, the crowd booed again. These people had every right to this reaction.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

someone should put him out of his misery

Anonymous said...

no comment

Anonymous said...

what was willie thinking?

Anonymous said...

his problem is that he thinks that mota is circa 2006 playoffs

Anonymous said...

MOTA SUCKS!!!

Anonymous said...

yes we all kniow this