I used to be pretty anti-wave because I thought it was kind of dumb and that spending effort on it and not on paying direct attention to the game was a failure of priorities. As has been the case with a lot of things in the past two or three years, however, I’ve lightened up about that. As a part of a larger change of heart in which I determined that hating what other people like and which doesn’t cause me or others harm is not generally worth my time, I’ve left the wave alone. I still think it’s rather silly, but if you wanna be silly at the ballpark, go on and do it. You paid your money to be there.
Not everyone feels this way, however. Including some players:
Very happy we won....but I want the name and address of the person who started the "Wave" tonight. #banthewave #resisttheurge
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) August 31, 2016
I dunno, man. The Mets had a lead after one inning and never relinquished it. I’m not sure when this wave went down, and I’ll grant that if it came at a super tense part of the game it would be more annoying. But the Mets are playing some great baseball right now and a well-loved player -- Curtis Granderson -- hit a couple of homers off the bench. Let ‘em be happy, Noah.
UPDATE: This is part of a larger “ballpark rules” feature from SNY: