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Incensed at the chants emanating from the Washington dugout during the Mets' 10-4 loss Monday night at Shea, Mets pitcher Nelson Figueroa ripped the Nationals afterward. "They were cheerleading in the dugout like a bunch of softball girls," Figueroa said. "I'm a professional, just like anybody else. I take huge offense to that. If that's what a last-place team needs to do to fire themselves up, so be it. I think you need to show a little bit more class, a little bit more professionalism. They won tonight, but again, in the long run, they are who they are."

New York Daily News

Nelson Figueroa , AP Nelson Figueroa , AP
May 13, 2008  05:51 AM ET

What another freaking baby. Get over it, if not your overpaid. Grow up and play better boy.

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May 13, 2008  06:28 AM ET

And Nelson, you were the losing pitcher versus Washington. So at the moment, you are who you are.

May 13, 2008  07:22 AM ET

I'm surprised that his Rabbit Ears fit under his cap.

May 13, 2008  07:23 AM ET

So who is Nelson Figueroa?

May 13, 2008  07:25 AM ET

I'm sorry, what is this doing in T&R anyway?

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May 13, 2008  07:26 AM ET

God baseball players are just the biggest bunch of whiners....Oooh they are cheering....ooh the pitcher is showing me up after he strikes me out....ooh the batter is showing up the pithcer by posing at home plate after blasting a 500 foot HR. Shut up already with all these unwritten rules and breaches of etiquette!

May 13, 2008  07:26 AM ET

Whaaaaaaaaaa whaaaaaaaaaa I pitched like crap I field like crap Now im going to cry about crap...I really dont like this Met's team Ive beena fan for 40 years of this club and i would rather watch Butch Husky play than some of these guys....

May 13, 2008  08:01 AM ET

It's well noted the players in the Majors aren't supposed to be rah-rahing...it does show a lack of class IMO. Figueroa should've been throwing some chin music if he wanted to stop it!

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May 13, 2008  08:08 AM ET

I have to agree here. Cheering should be left to smoking hot chicks with massive boobs and low IQ's. The silacone union should be protesting this

May 13, 2008  08:12 AM ET

Nelson Figueroa b l o w s

May 13, 2008  08:33 AM ET

After what I saw from the Mets last year no one on that team should be complaining about celebrations. Reyes looked like he was on "So you think you can dance" every time he hit a home run.

May 13, 2008  08:37 AM ET

morning twins fan. gratz on the win... I told u I didn't like the pitching matchup!!

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May 13, 2008  08:44 AM ET

Justin, the people on "So You Think You Can Dance" wish they had Reyes' moves...

but Figueroa wasn't complaining about celebrations. The Nats were in the dugout cheering and chanting for guys at the plate and trying to distract the pitcher. They were having fun in the dugout supporting their guys. If anyone was unprofessional, it was Figueroa. He should be upset with himself and his total lack of command, rather than the "last place... softball girls" he was complaining about.

May 13, 2008  08:45 AM ET

And, rhymeister, you are dead-on. If he wanted to stop it, be a man and throw at somebody.

May 13, 2008  08:49 AM ET

Pretty sad when a professional player has to make this news after a loss... pathetic.

May 13, 2008  08:51 AM ET

That's just funny... Definitey does not help the Mets cause.

 
May 13, 2008  08:54 AM ET

So who is Nelson Figueroa?

Touche | 05/13/08, 07:23 AM
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He is a girlie-man who needs to be slapped like the little bi tch that he is...

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