to a fault, and I've never booed a home team player, whether it was the Marlins or the Astros.

But I do expect two things:  

1. give effort consistently and
   
2. be prepared to play

Jason was not prepared to pitch yesterday, you can't argue that he was, and therefore I would have booed him Sunday.

been more interesting during the Lidge melt down games.  The MMP fans got to the point that they were quick to boo Lidge even if he just started off with a walk to begin the 9th...and of course gave him big choruses of boos as he walked off after an unsuccessful 9th.

What became apparent with Lidge is that the booing at home probably hurt his confidence.  At some points in 06, I was glad when the Astros went on a road trip, because I figured Lidge had a better chance of resurrecting himself on the road, than at home.  That, to me, is the most negative aspect of booing your team's players...it may actually harm their future ability to perform.  One wonders how this will affect Jennings' future performance.  I can bet that he will probably start hearing boos in his next start if he allows the first base runner to reach base. And that won't be helpful.

Richard Justice said that the booing was aimed at the whole Astros' organization--not just Jennings--because of the season, the trade, and Pupura.  How he knows that, I don't know.  The only thing I might have booed is Garner--for waiting so long to remove Jennings. There is a reason so few bad outings like this occur: managers don't wait until the game is 11-0 to remove a pitcher.

To the specific question, would I have booed Jennings?  Probably not.  It's not like he is trying to blow the game.  Every indication is that he is making his best effort.  In all liklihood he is pitching with an arm injury.  He also had terrible defense behind him...making it a team loss too.  But I admit that I'm not much on booing, in general. I reserve most of my boos for bad calls by the umpire.

Vote! =)

it is accepted and expected by the players just as are the cheers when things go well.  Most players will say they don't hear either, but obviously that is untrue. The line is at booing for me, though.  No profanity (out loud), throwing of objects, or other such nonsense.

I can't imagine going to see the Astros play the Giants and not booing Barry, for example, who in my opinion represents the essence of all that is bad about baseball.

On the other side of the coin, it's perfectly OK to applaud for an opposing player or to cheer a great play made by the other team.  Be warned though, it brings out boos from many sitting around you.

of any team for baseball reasons. If they're making a scene about a call, or showing up the pitcher after a homerun or whatever, than I might do it, but that's never happened when I attend. I also don't have a problem with booing umpires for bad calls(or being out of position to make a call), though again, I don't do it personally.

I wouldn't have booed Jennings yesterday; I just don't see the point really. To each their own though.

If it had been say, Backe, yesterday, I wouldn't have booed (had I been at the game). He's got history as an Astros gamer. Not so with Jennings. If I was at the game yesterday, I probably would've booed, and in so doing I would've been saying, "We gave up Willy T for this guy?!" Yeah, it wouldn't feel good to be Jennings yesterday, but he's privileged enough to get to make a very nice living (literally) in the public arena, performing as a modern-day gladiator. He's no doubt reveled in the cheers; yesterday went the other way. We mere mortals, for the price of admission, get to express our opinions in mass anonymity. While we might not call out Jennings one-on-one in the parking lot after a game - that could be dangerous -  as a throng, we shed our inhibition against being something other than nice. And with a performance like that first inning yesterday, anyone who bought a ticket is owed that little moment of catharsis.

Of course, you pay for the ticket then you can do whatever you want.  But that doesn't mean you should.  I'll boo Barry.  I might (a huge might) boo Beltran.  I won't boo Pujols.  I'll boo the yankees.  I'll boo the umps.  But I ain't booing the Astros.  It just pisses me off.  I think it's BS saying that you would be booing the trade.  If you were booing the trade then you would boo Jennings as soon as he walked on the field and everytime he came up to bat.  If you cheer the guy when he throws a good games(if it ever happens) then I just don't see you booing the trade.  Just my 2 cents of course.  Everyone is entitled to do what they want.

Not my team. That's all there is to it.

....thats something a philadelphia fan would do

COMPLETELY against booing your own team...
but really after 11 runs allowed in one inning- i would consider booing phil garner for leaving him that long in the first place. but i wouldnt actually do it... but i would definitely think about it...

seething inwardly is much better than being a jerk to your own team.

Ensberg has been traded to the Padres for a player to be named and cash considerations, or just cash considerations.