Day Delgado, Night Delgado Are Different Hitters

After Carlos Delgado hit two home runs in a game against Atlanta earlier this season, he made the somewhat curious decision of refusing a curtain call from the Shea faithful. Delgado said he’d only received two curtain calls before, for his 400th home run and after a four-homer game, and that his performance against the Braves simply did not merit one. It appeared that the choice came from pride — if not arrogance. Perhaps Delgado sensed in the cheers a bit of pity, as if the crowd was being extra kind to an aging player it knew would not have many games like this again. While Delgado appears to see himself as the titan he once was, the fans see someone else wearing no. 21.