Mets’ Francisco Lindor and Javier Baez Apologize for Thumbs-Down Gestures

The team had been off Monday, but on Tuesday, Lindor, who signed a 10-year, $341 million extension before the season after arriving in a trade from Cleveland, and Baez spoke to reporters on the field before a pair of games against Miami and issued their apologies and explanations.

“Thumbs down, for me, means the adversity we have gone through, the negative things, we have overcome it,” Lindor said. “We did it, we went over it. However, it was wrong and I apologize to whoever I offended. It was not my intent to offend people. You can’t go against the fans.”

Lindor added, “It doesn’t look good on our part.”

Steven Cohen, the owner of the Mets, applauded Lindor and Baez for apologizing and asked fans to get behind them for Tuesday’s games.

“Glad to hear our players apologizing to the fans,” he wrote.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/sports/baseball/mets-lindor-baez-thumbs-down.html