One fan’s reaction to the Mets’ decision to start up a dance team didn’t sit well with Steve Cohen.
The Queens Crew, a co-ed dance team comprised of 19 members, is set to entertain the crowd at Citi Field before games and during breaks in the action this season.
“This is baseball… this isn’t the nba or nfl,” one X user, who identifies as a Yankees fan, responded to the news on Saturday. “There’s not halftime in this game. I don’t see how a dance team is necessary?”
Cohen, the Amazins’ owner, felt the need to fire back.
“Excellent point,” he wrote a few hours after the critical post. “I forgot how serious baseball is relative to other sports.”
The Braves, Astros and Marlins are among MLB teams to introduce dance squads, while the Knicks and Nets are local non-baseball examples.
The Queens Crew will perform between innings, including during the T-shirt tosses and seventh-inning stretch, and will also make their way through the aisles for more freestyle routines.
Vice president of brand marketing Trisha Donlin has seen the mixed reaction from baseball fans and believes the performance will help sway the detractors.
“Of course you’re going to have long-standing fans that don’t want change,” Donlin, who saw Cohen’s social media post as a show of support, told The Post’s Mark W. Sanchez. “But we’re really optimistic that people are going to embrace this because the talent is really undeniable. This team sucks you in in a big way.
“It’s going to rally the crowd in a big way. … I think fans will see what we see.”
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