A caught pop-up never drew such ire.
Peter O’Brien was merely doing his job, hauling in David Wright’s foul ball near the stands in the fourth inning. It didn’t sit well with the sold-out Citi Field crowd, which gave him the Chase Utley treatment the rest of the evening, showering him with intense boos.
“He’s a cult hero now,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly joked after the Mets’ 1-0, 13-inning victory.
“That was hilarious,” starting pitcher Garrett Richards added. “That was priceless.”
It would end up being Wright’s final at-bat in the final game of his storied career, as he was lifted in the top of the fifth.