Mets-fans relationship on the rocks despite win

There’s a lot of work to do here. The Mets and their fans are going to spend this season in couples counseling, and both sides are going to have to do their part. The team can help by grinding out workmanlike wins like the ones they got the past two days—against the Braves, with clutch hits, solid defense and good late-inning relief work. The fans could help by occasionally letting the team know, with the odd “Let’s Go Mets” chant or even an unrequited demand for a curtain call, that they still do want to see them do well.

In order for it to work, both sides have to want it to work. And days like yesterday can help.

“I appreciate that the fans offered, and that they understand that he’s going out there fighting,” David Wright said of the Delgado curtain-call situation. “But this is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately town. He hit a couple of home runs, and he’s back in their good graces.”