N.Y. Daily News: Curtain call Q&A with Carlos Delgado

Q. What did you think of the uproar about your decision to snub the curtain-call?

A: Number One, I don’t listen to the radio shows. Number Two, I don’t know why you call it a decision. It’s not a decision. Yesterday we talked about the situation and I thought that there are moments, and then there are moments. I don’t think that was the moment (for a curtain call). I also said (Sunday) that we appreciate the fans, and the support of the fans, but we’re here to play a game. And we’re usually playing a team on the other side of the dugout. And that’s what we are trying to pay attention to. At the end of the day, the big story is that we took two out of three to Atlanta and that’s about it.

Q: Were you sending a message to fans?

A: No, it had nothing to do with that. I hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh. We’re winning by two, all I did was just add another run. Like I said, there are moments, and there are moments. I didn’t think that was the right moment. It wasn’t like a walk-off home run, it wasn’t a tiebreaking home run. We’re in April, which is good. It’s good because we won, and it’s good because we took two out of three from their best two pitchers. And that’s the way it should be.

Q: Have you turned them down before?

A: When you have 434 home runs, there’s a couple of times they clap. I have a great deal of respect for the game and for the opposition. You don’t want to get into doing something you’re supposed to be doing, and waiting on the top step waiting for someone to give you a curtain call.

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