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The All-Hated Team

For us long suffering Mets fans, we've certainly had our share of players who made our blood pressure rise, who we hated almost obsessively, who we wanted to run over with a bus.

I've compiled from my own feelings and the bile penned by others an "All Hated Team", some players who even weren't as bad as we imagined but still cannot find much positive to say. Some of these players earned their enmity not just through bad or indifferent play, but by being total assholes off the field besides.

So break out those rotten eggs, the voodoo dolls, and your Inner Phillie Fan for the All-Hate Team

Catcher - Josh Thole

his one was a little hard as I don't remember any catchers getting a lot of hate, although Gary Carter's welcome seemed worn out by 1988 when he was popping up with with men on base and as Don Imus once said; "there are days when Gary Carter couldn't throw out Nell Carter". However, the passage of time has washed away The Kid's twilight and we remember the 85-86 Gary Carter. By default I will go with the most recent catcher we were happy to wave goodbye to, so take your spot behind the plate, Josh Thole

First Base - Ike Davis

Here again there wasn't anyone whom we passionately hated either, although Eddie Murray's sullen indifference and Mo Vaughn's over the hill plodding didn't exactly make us love them. Again, we have recent memories to guide us, so who better than one of the two men booed on Opening Day last year, the wrecked swing of Ike Davis

Second Base - Luis Castillo

ahhh, here we find a rich harvest of rasberries. Who can forget Greg Jefferies and his constant tantrums? There was the sullen guy with the "cop face", Jeff Kent. The guy who ate himself out of stardom, Carlos Baerga. The arrogant Roberto Alomar who left his HOF tools in Cleveland. All worthy of our contempt, but no one brings it like Omar's pet second baseman, the overpaid and over the hill Luis Castillo

Third Base - Jim Fregosi

This was easy, the All-Star SS of the 60s who had lost it by the 70s, but not before the Mets traded all time strikeout king and master intimidator Nolan Ryan for him. Jim Fregosi was not only slow and out of shape, he looked like someone who should have been playing in the Old Timers game at the age of 30

Shortstop - Ruben Tejada

At this writing, it seems like most Mets fans hate every SS who is not playing for someone else. But since he's the cause of teen acne, rising food prices, and The Kardashians, who else but to name the other guy booed on last year's Opening Day, Ruben Tejada

Left Field - Vince Coleman

Kevin McReynolds with his indifferent attitude didn't make him loved, but he never got hurt and put up steady production along with good defense. There was Jason Bay who should have his picture in the dictionary next to "Free Agent Bust". Then there was the phone it in performance and attitude of George Foster, who took the money and didn't run to fly balls. But for the real contempt, Vince Coleman beat the Mets worse when he played for them than when he was with the then arch-enemy Cardinals. Not only did he spend long periods on the DL, but he took Doc Gooden with him with his idiotic attempt at mimicking Tiger Woods in the clubhouse. As the final flourish, there was Coleman's activity with pyrotechnics in the Dodger Stadium parking lot which injured a child.

Center Field - Juan Samuel

Although the #BlameBeltran meme continues, we do appreciate the great year he had which without him that called third strike would not have been possible. I can't really think of any other CF who wondered if his car would be keyed in the Flushing parking lot, but there was one who was not only traded for fan favorite Lenny Dykstra in June Massacre The Sequel, but as a 2b playing out of position he didn't make us forget the recently departed Lenny and Mookie. Grab your Glove of Shame and head out to center, Juan Samuel

Right Field - Bobby Bonilla

This one required even less time to name than Vince Coleman, and only one man could bring that kind of hate up so quickly, and thanks to his deferred contract he's the Gift Who Keeps on Giving, none other than the one and only Bobby Bonehead Bonilla

Starting Pitcher - Oliver Perez

Ah, another one who won by a landslide even with Tom Glavine as a teammate, and that's He Who's Name Must Never Be Mentioned, Oliver Perez

Reliever - Doug Sisk

Here we hit the Mother Lode of Hate. So many are booed, but only one is chosen. Aaron "Home Run" Heilman, who would give up a dinger to Clay Aiken. Brandon Looper, who Pedro could personally sue for costing him a 20 win season in 2005. K-Rod. Valverde. Frank Francisco. But none of these arsonists could hold a candle of contempt to the reliever of whom it could be said no lead was safe, whose WIFE was booed at a fashion show, whose car finish always found a new key mark, the one and only Doug Sisk! The sad part about it is that people who have met Doug personally say he's one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet, a class act who doesn't hold a grudge over the awful abuse he received from Mets fans. Hell, I would. Only murderous dictators should endure what Sisk did.

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