Over the weekend, the New York Mets unleashed enough loser energy to power Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space craft.

In giving a “thumbs down” gesture to the hometown fans, they were returning the (justified) boos they were receiving for their incredibly shitty play on the field. That was the explanation from Javy Baez, who was shredded by seemingly everybody on the planet. Democrats and Republicans were united in piling on the Mets for the ridiculous and tone deaf gesture. Even team president Sandy Alderson stepped in, issuing a statement that the behavior was unacceptable.

On Tuesday, Baez and Francisco Lindor apologized for being humongous doofuses, via Peter Botte at The New York Post:

“I didn’t mean to offend anybody. And if I offended anybody, we apologize,” Baez said.  “We’re just trying to move forward and leave this in the back.”

Luis Rojas acknowledged the Mets held a team meeting before the game, but didn’t divulge specifics of who was in attendance beyond saying that Baez and Lindor “showed up and they were accountable.”

“They told us to be ourselves. Obviously we are going to be professional and we’re going to stop it for the love of the fans,” Baez said. “This was a couple of days back and this is going to stay in the back. The fans can do whatever they want. They’re gonna do them, and we can’t control that. We just want to win, as the front office [does], and the fans.”

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“We did it. We went over it, however, it was wrong and I apologize to whoever I offended,” Lindor said. “It was not my intent to offend people. I can’t go against the fans. I’ve never done it in my career. We play for the fans…for our teammates, for the front office, for our families, for the city. With that being said, I apologize. It don’t look good on our part.”

The Mets are 4-12 over their last sixteen games, 13 of which were played against the Dodgers and Giants. They are 63-67 and seven games out of the division lead. They absolutely stink.

Only one more series between the Mets and Phillies this year. That’s in mid-September, up in New York.