Javier Báez admitted the thumbs down gesture was booing the fans. Essentially, if fans will boo poor performances, they’ll boo the fans when they succeed.

This led to Steve Cohen and Sandy Alderson saying this is unacceptable. With respect to Alderson, he said, “The Mets will not tolerate any player gesture that is unprofessional in its meaning or is directed in a negative way toward our fans.”

Talk about hypocrisy.

During Alderson’s first stint with the Mets, he was the GM when the Mets had the loyalty pledge. He also said if fans want the payroll to improve, they needed to attend more games.

In 2015, when the Mets were blowing it and the Mets were largely standing pat at the time, Alderson referred to the media and fans as “Panic City.”

Apparently, dubbing the fans Panic City and blaming them for not spending doesn’t fall under the purview of Alderson’s most recent statements.

Whatever the case, Alderson was always good at directing blame away from himself and directing it away. Chances are he would’ve done it himself if given the chance.

Whatever the case, Báez shot back at the fans. For his part, Alderson poked at them for his failures. This time, Báez is the messenger, and Alderson has a problem because Báez did it better.