Outside The Confines: Diamonds in the dirt

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Let’s roll the videotape.

Mets infielders Javier Báez and Francisco Lindor apologized before Tuesday’s doubleheader at Citi Field for their “thumbs down” gesture to the fans that Báez had said was a way to “boo” back at the fans.

Then, in a Hollywood script, Báez scoring the winning run on a mad dash from first to home on a single by Michael Conforto and an error by left fielder Jorge Alfaro.

Báez also lost a diamond earring on either the play or the celebration and Mets staff, including team president Sandy Alderson, looked for it in the dirt around home plate after the game.

Hannah Keyser writes that the Mets players seem to be missing the nature of the…