Mets players give own fans the thumbs down to ‘let them know how it feels’

• Players have been booed following terrible run of form
• Mets fans have long history of turning on their own players

Playing for the New York Mets is not a job for the faint of heart. As well as the cruel losses, inexplicable collapses and long history of mismanagement there's the fact that Mets fans have been known to boo their own players with the season barely a few weeks old.

Antipathy from fans has been particularly strong in the last few weeks, when the Mets went from leading the NL East to seeing their playoff chances all but end after losing 12 of 14 games. They have corrected matters slightly with two victories in a row over the severely depleted Washington Nationals, but during Sunday's game three of their players adopted a, shall we say, debatable approach to winning the crowd over: they flashed the thumbs down gesture at fans.