Mets Player Has Thin Skin

By Benjy Lipsman in Miscellaneous on Apr 25, 2008 2:51PM

Chicagoist thought players from New York would have some pretty thick skin, but apparently that's not the case for Mets relief pitcher Joe Smith. While shagging balls during batting practice prior to a game earlier this week, the bleacher bums' taunts -- already in drunken top form and it's only April -- got to him enough that he actually responded. And did so by telling the fans that "[they] ain't sh!t!" and rubbing in their face that he's the one in the big leagues.

Letting the fans get to him like that can be dangerous at Wrigley for a bullpen guy -- the fans by what passes as the bullpen are even closer and some of 'em surely noticed how he lost his cool. Anyone know if the heckling continued during the game, too?