I noticed the other day that new New York Yankees’ slugger Giancarlo Stanton struck out five times in a game. But that’s only because he only came to the plate five times.

A few days later, Stanton struck out five times again, but this time it took seven at-bats, so I guess that’s something of an improvement.

In both cases, Yankee fans booed. Believe it or not, that’s what caught my eye. Look, Stanton is symbolic of what baseball has become (at least for now) and he may well strike out 200 times. He may also hit 60 home runs (he had 59 last year), so many fans might look at that as a wash.

Here’s my question — why is booing still a thing? Do fathers teach their kids to boo? I’m serious here … why do we need it? I fully understand many think that by paying for a ticket, it gives you the “right” to boo. But I would have liked to believe that we could voice our displeasure in more progressive ways.

I’m not saying we need to be all lovey-dovey, but it’s getting to the point where baseball fans will boo on a 6-4-3 double play. The most ridiculous booing in all of sports are the morons who boo either (1) an intentional walk or (2) a pickoff attempt at first. These people need to have the ticket-buying privleges revoked.

I’m OK with fans booing unsportsmanlike behavior. If a guy gets clothes-lined on the way to the basket, boo away. If a pitcher goes high and tight on consecutive pitches, have at it. But for every 10 booing episodes in sports, at least nine are just plain ridiculous.

Booing has basically made its way out of the performing arts (except for opera, of all things). We haven’t evolved any faster than that? Professional and collegiate teams made announcements and have Jumbotron message instructing fans about stadium policy regarding acceptable behavior. So it’s not like we haven’t drawn a line on this side of anything goes.

We just need to re-draw the line.