The lady who frantically screamed “Don’t swing at all the things” to the Mets’ Starling Marte before he struck out with the bases loaded has been revealed — and is happy with her viral moment.
Woodside, Queens native Julie Booth had no idea she was being filmed, or that the 4 words she shouted in the course of the Mets loss on Thursday would go viral — until she checked her phone after the sport.
“It was like 50 text messages. And I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, is my house on fire?’” she told The Post.
The texts informed her that her moment had been played on Mets cable-TV station SNY.
The St. Francis Prep alum then bumped into former highschool classmates within the car parking zone, who confirmed she was on television.
Nevertheless it was an hour after she got to her Middle Village home — and learned she made it on Jomboy Media’s Twitter page — that she realized how popular her impassioned plea had turn into.
“My husband’s like, ‘Arguably, that is the proudest moment of our marriage,’” she said.
Booth said she tends to be outspoken at sporting events.
“If I’m getting heated and it’s a critical moment . . . really I haven’t any filter,” she said.
“For those who’re a Met fan, even for those who’re not a Met fan, perhaps you’re chuckling right away. However the team’s tanking. So it’s pretty terrible.”
Although speedy outfielder Marte is one in every of her favorite players, Booth feels his season has been “lackluster” — and his performance on Thursday illustrated that.
“That was just flat out not trying . . . I used to be close enough to know. Most guys would haven’t swung at two of those pitches in that situation,” she said.
Marte got here to bat with two outs, bases loaded, in the underside of the ninth inning, with the Mets down by a run, 3-2, to the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Brewers’ closer was wild, yet Marte proceeded to swing at a ball far out of the strike zone to finish the sport.
“I feel like he’s just done. He desired to go home. I mean, Devin Williams . . .couldn’t find the strike zone. You had Canha 90 feet away. You could possibly have at the least tied it.”
She read Marte’s response to her response in The Post: “He said, ‘I haven’t any regrets. Fans can say what they need, they’re not on the plate.’”
But she knows what she saw from her seats behind home.
“I used to be pretty rattling close. I used to be so close that I felt the dirt on my cheeks. They were balls,” she said.
“I actually have a funny suspicion that he definitely heard me. I mean, I feel people within the upper deck probably heard me . . . but he didn’t hear the best thing cause he didn’t care, he was swinging for the fences.”
The response has been overwhelmingly positive.
“I probably heard from over 100 those who I haven’t seen or heard from in quite a while,” she said. “Certainly one of my best friends, she’s got a newborn and he or she’s like, ‘I haven’t parented my newborn all day because I’ve just been reading the comments.’”
Others commented on her resemblance to certain A-Listers.
“I got Julianne Moore; I got Michelle Pfeiffer,” she said.
“Jodie Foster’s one other one. They’re like, ‘Jodie Foster’s a Met fan.’”
The 41-year-old has been a lifelong Mets fan. “Gary Carter was my idol growing up. I used to be 5 years old when the ’86 Mets won the World Series,” she explained.
Although the Mets haven’t reached out yet, she is willing to talk to Marte.
“I’d like to be like, ‘Listen, bro, no hard feelings. You were one in every of my favorite players last 12 months, but dude, you gotta get up, man.’”
Some Twitter users have also called for Booth to step in because the team’s hitting coach — a job she is willing to tackle.
“Absolutely I might,” she said.
“I mean on the very least, I could be the clubhouse rally girl or the motivational speaker or the Queens tough love specialist — perhaps that may be my title.”