Carlos Beltran has already been there.
On July 28, 2005, he returned to Houston for the first time after leaving the astros as a free agent for the food.
He was hooked tirelessly by astros fans, both on the plate and when he was in the center.
Subsequently, he said, “It is difficult to block hoots. It is difficult to block all of this.”
So, Beltran, now a special assistant of the president of baseball operations, David Stearns, has an idea of what Juan Soto is going through this weekend in his return to the Bronx with the food.
“No one wants to be hué,” said Beltran at the post before the 3-2 dish of Saturday victory. “But that was expected. He was a guy who did an incredible job for the Yankees. He was an asset for the organization. As a free agent, he signed with the dishes. I think he even expected what he expected himself.”
Beltran compared him to his experience during his first year with the dishes after spending less than a year with the astros after his 2004 business of Kansas City.
But Beltran dominated the playoffs with the Astros, who then saw him go to Queens.
“When I went back to Houston this first time, I never heard a player hué as I was hua,” said Beltran on Saturday laughing. “But you have to go with the journey and try not to let this affect your performance or your preparation. Sometimes you can get tried to do too much. I think Soto did a great job (Friday).”
Beltran noted how Soto “praised the fans” with his sarcastic shift from his helmet when almost the whole stadium was held and hué.
“It was great,” said Beltran. “It’s part of baseball and you have to face it.”
Although fans were noisy and relentless, they were relatively well high.
“No one was disrespectful,” said Beltran. “This is what a fan is: expressing the field and giving your team an advantage. I don’t think it’s personal.
Beltran said that Reggie Jackson had repeated his famous comment, “they don’t hoo (nobodies)” for him.
“He told me to consider him a good thing,” said Beltran.
Soto seems to have a similar attitude.
He ended up walking three times in the defeat of the dishes on Friday.
“He had good at-bats,” said Beltran. “It can be difficult if you let it bother you.”
It was more the same Saturday, when Soto walked, distinguished and marked a race.
On Saturday, there were more fans present only on Friday, but the hoots were still noisy enough for Clarke Schmidt to said that he had to increase the volume of his pitchcom.
Schmidt described the reaction of fans of “expecting”.
“It was very fun to play with it, but given the circumstances, you expected a Boo there,” said the right-hander.
