It seems that almost every year some unlucky chap bears the brunt of the Boo Birds' bashing. 3 years ago, Braden Looper was booed almost religiously. Before that it was Armando Benitez. 2 years ago it was sickening to hear Carlos Beltran being booed.  Last year actually wasn't too bad because the fans very rarely had a reason to be unhappy. This year however, I think Shawn Green will win by a landslide.

Matthew Cerrone at Metsblog recently asked us guest bloggers if we could ever see David Wright being booed. The answer was a rather resounding "No". I don't boo anyone unless they are being lazy like when Aaron Heilman dogged it to first base last year only to get beat to the bag by the hustling baserunner. I think Mets fans should almost never boo a player on the team we say we support.

Back to Shawn Green.  As horrible as this is to say I think many Mets fans do not want Green to succeed.  For these fans, with the high-celing prospect Lastings Milledge waiting in the wings, the sooner Green is replaced the better.  I never want a player to fail, and I'm all for giving Green a chance to prove his worth. But when the boos start raining down after every strikeout or error as I fully expect to happen, Willie and Omar will be listening, and somewhere Lastings may be smiling.

Who do you think it will be?

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The Associated Press is reporting that former pitcher Ugueth Urbina was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday for the attempted murder of five workers on his family's ranch.

Wow, wasn't his mom kidnapped also? He's fallen a long way from my 2004 fantasy team.