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THE List: 10 Most Hated Mets

Doug Sisk (1982-1987)
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The standard by which all hated Mets are held.

Kevin McReynolds (1987-1991, 1994)
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His lazy, lackadaisical style of play infuriated fans.

Vince Coleman (1991-1993)
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He was just a jerk.

Bobby Bonilla (1992-1995, 1999)
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What to hate most — the earplugs, the medicore numbers, threatening a reporter? I’ll go with the latter, because in the effort of full disclosure, the reporter, Art McFarland, was a former colleague at WABC-TV, and is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. Watch the ridiculous confrontation:

Mel Rojas (1997-1998)
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In a case of the lesser of two evils, was traded straight-up for Bonilla after the ’98 season.

Armando Benitez (1999-2003)
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Was great from April to mid-September, but famously choked in big games.

Braden Looper (2004-2005)
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Deserves credit for absorbing the boos during his lousy second season, and not telling the media he was pitching injured all year.

Guillermo Mota (2006-2007)
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He should have stayed on the steroids — he was actually really good when juiced. Clean? — not so much.

Scott Schoeneweis (2007-2008)
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Was it just me, or were the Mets announcers late in 2007 always saying, “It’s Schoeneweis and Mota warming up in the bullpen?”

Luis Castillo (2007-present)
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Is having a nice bouce-back 2009 season that has quieted the fans. He just might work his way off of this list, but the boos he got in 2008 were among the worst since, well, Doug Sisk.

Mug Shots courtesy Ultimate Mets Database, http://ultimatemets.com/mugshots.php

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Date: September 23, 2009

  • Paul Clolery

    Sisk isn’t hated. He pitched in bad luck. How about Saberhagen instead? How about George Foster? As for McReynolds, yeah he was lazy but in the outfield he went to the line better than 99% of the other stifss the Mets have out there since Cleon Jones.

  • Norm E.

    Just found your site and I love it. The most hated Met of all time has
    to be M. Donald Grant (I know he wasn’t a player). He singlehandedly
    did more to ruin the franchise than all the Bonillas and Colemans in the
    world. Also, George Foster should have made the list.

  • Mook

    What about Roberto Alomar?

  • JJ

    Kevin McReynolds??? He had a few nice years for the Mets.

    What about Ollie Perez??!!! He’s up there with Osama Bin Laden and Hillary Clinton in my book!!!

    Norm E. you were dead nuts right on with M.Donald Grant!! I remember reading that he complained about having to be escorted around Shea by security guards.

    What about Pat Zachary? The idiot punches a wall and breaks his hand – out for the rest of the year.

    I also agree with Paul C., Saberhagen was a bum.

  • Howard M.

    Carlos Delgado deserves to be on this list as he quit on the team for not trying to make an effort to come back from injury, plus he never sat with the team when he was hurt & support the other players, a true clubhouse cancer. Ollie Perez should be on here as well.

  • JJ

    How could I have forgotten Timo Perez? Way to hustle.

  • Cliff

    And then there was Aaron Heilman. You just knew that if he came into the game, the Mets were going to lose. Whether he lost his confidence, or his fastball/curveball, it didn’t matter. Mets fans abandoned all hope when Heilman entered.

  • jim

    Dont forget Roger Cedano, he got some really intense boos and for a long time.