Are Mets fans justified in booing K-Rod?

Howard Megdal takes a look at Mets fan’ relationship with their expensive closer:

Francisco Rodriguez has held up his end of the bargain with the New York Mets and their fans.

He’s been a good closer, by any reasonable measure: the Mets have called on him again and again to finish off the other guys, and the vast majority of the time, that’s exactly what he’s done.

But the fans don’t generally like him all that much. They boo him when he comes into games, or at least some of them do--enough to make themselves understood.

You know how I feel about the booing. I think booing is uncalled for unless a guy just dogs it or rips his teammates or does something other than merely fail on the field despite his best efforts to succeed.

But I get it. I think Howard has a good take here and I think you should read it, but I’d quibble with the “K-Rod has held up his end of the bargain” statement. He has tried -- I don’t know anyone who has suggested that he hasn’t -- but he has been a less successful closer in New York than he was in Anaheim, and that, I think, is what people are reacting too. I wouldn’t boo that, but I’m also in the minority on booing etiquette.