The boos cascaded from the upper deck like a monsoon, designed to get under Juan Soto’s skin and in his head. But there was never a chance of that happening. No, Soto walked out of the dugout in the first inning,

Fans rose to their feet for Juan Soto’s Yankee Stadium return in a rare standing jeer, and he responded by taking off his helmet, tipping it to the crowd and touching it against his heart.

Juan Soto made an emotionally charged return to Yankee Stadium on Friday where he was greeted by a cacophony of boos and his new team, the New York Mets, succumbed to a 6-2 loss against his old team,