Today's featured comment comes from Jay, who hasn't gotten over the way I lectured Orioles fans for booing Michael Gonzalez when he took the mound for his first appearance as an Oriole at Camden Yards:
Jay's take: HEY PETER, How do you feel about BOOING now? I, for one, recommend it. Makes your powerless, humdrum, everyday life palatable. Besides, it helps to clear the sinuses, puts a spring back in your step, and the team knows loud and clear you're mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore. Twelve years of losing and heading for thirteen will make even the strongest of us a member of the BOOBIRD CLUB. We have plenty of room. Try it. You won't be sorry.
Pete's reply: I've got no problem with booing, but if you read that particular blog entry past the first paragraph, you know I was ripping the fans for booing the guy in his first appearance when he had nothing to do with the last 12 years of losing. General booing is just fine. Booing guys who don't run out ground balls is just fine. Booing a new player in his first appearance at home, well, if you want to give big-time free agents another reason not to come here, just keep booing those kinds of guys and the message will get out.