Chris Christie caught a foul ball at Citi Field, then got heavily booed and dunked on by a dopey play-by-play guy pic.twitter.com/n2GpN0EEQd — Chase Woodruff (@dcwoodruff) July 19, 2017

NEW YORK -- St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong has made a habit out of killing the Mets, so getting booed at Citi Field is probably to be expected.

Except it wasn't DeJong being booed in the third inning on Tuesday night. Yes, DeJong was at the plate, battling with Mets' starter Rafael Montero in what resulted in a 10-pitch at-bat when the boos rained down, but the target of Mets' fans ire was someone sitting a few rows behind home plate:

Chris Christie.

The embattled New Jersey governor and noted Mets fan nimbly caught a ball DeJong fouled off. Christie reached out to his left to make a barehanded grab without leaving his seat.

That's when the boos began, and, boy, were they hearty. Fans didn't even seem to care about his goodwill gesture of giving the ball to a kid a few rows behind him.

Cardinals' play-by-play announcer Dan McLaughlin trolled Christie: "Nice to see him get from the beach here to the ballpark."

It's been a tumultuous few weeks for Christie.

First, there was the "Beachgate" incident, in which NJ Advance Media's Andrew Mills caught Christie and his family enjoying time on Island State Park Beach when state-run beaches were shut down during the July 4 weekend.

Polls show that he's the least-popular governor in the country, and there's a new book that details the falling out between Christie and President Donald Trump. The culprit? Christie's phone, which Trump, a germaphobe, was apparently grossed out about using.

Politics aside, Christie's much-heralded audition to replace Mike Francesa on WFAN failed to live up to the hype.

Hey, at least his seats were good.

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