When Did Sports Get So Loud?

On May 26, the New York Mets were doing terrible (generally) and really terrible (acutely). They were at the bottom of their division and down six runs to zero against the Cincinnati Reds, a team whose payroll and—if I may—swag levels were dwarfed by the Mets’. The pitcher for the Mets had recently been booed off the mound by his own fans. Things were, by any objective measure, not going super well at Citi Field. But that night, like every other night this season, the stadium looked, sounded,…