He was cheered when he arrived at the mound. Booed after the dinger. Booed after the double. Cheered as he left, stranding the runner at 3rd.
Strange crowd.
i never, ever boo and this really had me stewing the whole way home from the game, even with the astros winning. i turned to my two friends after the kotsay AB, amidst all the booing, and asked why all these people cant see the realistic picture like we do. i know there were some good fans in the crowd that realized what lidge had done and that the run that kotsay produced was the third lidge had yielded since may 1. they cant see that pitch was maybe the first bad one he has thrown in six weeks. but sure as shit, they turned on him when that ball went over the RF fence, only to cheer him when he left the runner stranded at third. they act like this is his first outing since giving up the nady HR earlier in the year.
of course, a guy sitting next to us wondered why everett and his weak bat was in there. i didnt hear his response when i asked him who he would put there in everett's stead.
as much as it bothers me to read this criticism of our schizophrenic crowd, it's something you really cant argue with. but do know there are some of us there who dont spend the whole game on their blackberry, at the buffet, or doing the wave.
