Joe Gunning

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

[Scott (Human) - 𐌃𐌏ᖇ𐌉乙乙𐌃𐌕 @Dorizzdt]

I met him once boarding a plane. We were stuck in line and i was like "ok..say something..fk do it.. do it...do it" in my head..

He turns once glances at me... smiles and nods... like "yeah i know you know who i am.." and i just go quiet...then he glances back and just says "ask away..."

I did the usual "omfg love your work blah blah" and then he asked what I did and then just went into this rathole of how tech and creativity fascinate him and how people do things with computers and then we ended up talking about sheep properties and my life living in the outback... then he splintered off to his seat and mine..

Then we get to our destination, I get off and my wife is waiting for me with the kids and he gets off after me as he was ambushed with people wanting selfies... anyway I tell my wife "guess who's on the plane" and so she now wants to wait around, he then walks past us, nods at me and says "nice meeting you Scott" and continues..

The look my wife gave me at that point in time was like "WTF DID YOU DO.."

Anyway. All i remember was here's one guy who could have just waived me off took the time to chat about nothing and still somehow gave me the "you matter too" vibe.

Legend. Genuinely sad he's passed.

[Peter Panagos @PeteTheGreek13]

The Mets David Stearns Timeline: Buckle up. it's a long one. Because I am fucking done with the David Stearns defenders. #LGM

2024: David Stearns takes over a basically ready made roster. He throws a bunch of 1 year contract darts at a wall because he wants to rebuild the core of the team in his identity, so he has no interest in doing anything major. The darts mainly stick (he still only brought up Iglesias and Vientos because his other darts sucked or players got injured). The Mets go on a magical run with the most likeable team since 2015 and get within 2 wins of the World Series. David Stearns masterplan will have to wait.

2025: as a result of 2024, David Stearns is gifted one of the best players in baseball by wonderful owner @StevenACohen2.. David follow this gift up by doing basically nothing else to improve the roster other than begrudgingly signing Pete Alonso to an essential 1 year deal because he cant justify breaking up the core of this team and rebuilding it coming off a NLCS appearance + Juan Soto. Result? The offense performs decently enough for the season, while the starting pitching completely crumbles. Stearns responds by adding exactly zero starting pitchers at the deadline, instead going all in on a bunch of relievers and a corpse CF. The Mets miss the playoffs by 1 game, solely due to Stearns failure to put a starting rotation together + most of his deadline moves completely failing.

2026: Now that the Mets AREN'T coming off a great season, David realizes NOW is the time to start his plan. He lets Alonso and Diaz walk. Trades Nimmo and McNeil. The replacements for ALL these players are either hurt, useless, a free agent next year, or all 3. David Stearns replaced Alonso and Nimmo's 26 homers this year so far with Polanco and Semien's 10 home runs. NOT GREAT. On top of that, remember why we missed the playoffs in 2025? The terrible starting pitching? Stearns reacted to that by bringing in 1 (1!!!!!!) rental starting pitcher who has never pitched outside Milwaukee before. There is ZERO reason, why this lineup could not have had Alonso, Nimmo AND Bichette.

In summation: Going into a year where we just needed to run the lineup back and invest in starting pitching, David Stearns decided to gut the lineup, upset the fanbase, bring in a few mercenaries, and almost completely ignore the only issue he had to fix.

He is an abject failure as the President of Baseball Operations, who has been protected and coddled by the media and podcasters because he's accessible.

He has destroyed this franchise for the sole purpose of wanting to treat the Mets like a GM Mode of MLB The Show and rebuild them in his image. He's a fraud.

Fire him. Today. #LGM

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

I gotta be honest we’d probably be better off if Y2K had actually ruined all the computers back in 2000

[Sporting Some Sarcasm @thesportsgenius]

Pete Alonso is on pace for 36 Homeruns and 106 RBI and brings more than just numbers. Heart, energy, emotion. All the things the NY Mets are missing this season.

The dude showed up to play 162 games a year for the Mets and David Stearns let him walk like he was worthless

[Tom Brennan @Brennanator]

My favorite part of the NBA finals was when that guy yelled “I’m in your head” and then had the biggest collapse in basketball history.

[Islesfan777 @islesfan777]

I see a lot of debate on here about greatest athletes in NY , I’ve seen people say Brunson, manning,jeter,messier…but not one mention of any islanders like Mike bossy who won 4 cups in a row and scored 50 goals+ in 9 straight seasons

[KFC @KFCBarstool]

This was so symbolic. Sums everything up. One guy does everything the right way, the other guy does everything wrong and is just really tall 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Ryan Phillips @RumorsandRants]

One of the craziest sports statistics I've ever seen:

The Spurs led for 72% of the NBA Finals. They lost in five games.

[Sidetalk Sports @sidetalksports]

NAHHH 😭

[liel leibovitz @liel]

Me, to my son, after the game: “See? This is why sports are so great. Never lose hope!”

(Thinking for a second)

“Unless it’s the Mets. Then you should lose hope right away.”

[Justin @JustinCLeto]

David Stearns really is a joke of a baseball executive. Jorge Polanco to replace Pete Alonso? That sounds like the opening line to a bad joke. Are there any @Mets fans that actually think Stearns is good at his job, and if so, explain yourself bc I’ll tell you right now, you’re wrong, and your explanation is wrong. He sucks

[Nathan "Grav" Murdock @NathanGraviteh]

Still INSANE that this isn't given to us as an option from every major broadcaster.

Surely it can't be that hard?? Right???

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I came across a theory that AI is starting to make more mistakes because the internet is increasingly polluted with AI slop. The idea of AI cannibalising itself into obscurity is one of my favourite things ever. I hope it is true and I hope it becomes impossible to fix.

[claire de lune @ClaireMPLS]

i’m just gonna say it: some of yall aren’t qualified for self checkout. if you don’t have an internal sense of urgency and fine motor skills, leave it to the professionals cause the rest of us are trying to keep it pushin

[Cup of Mets @CupofMets]

PSA to all Mets fans:

Stop going to games, stop spending money on this organization. We’re fans through thick & thin, always have been and always will be.

With that said, we’ve all been played by con artists Steve Cohen (who we haven’t heard a peep from) and David Stearns.

[MD @mike_daddino]

The NHL vs. NBA playoffs in a nutshell...

[Josh Yohe @JoshYohe_PGH]

The first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is the greatest spectacle in sports. Unreal theater. Unpredictability. Violence. Bad officiating. Goaltending highs and lows. Overtime every night. Young stars making a name for themselves. Old legends staying alive. Truly the best.

[MetsFanClub @RealMetsFanClub]

Can you imagine looking at this nerdy geek - who’s never thrown a baseball in his life and was probably stuffed into countless lockers growing up - hearing his “advanced analytics” BS, and thinking to yourself: “yes, that’s the guy I want running my team!”

[casey at the bat🏀🏆 CHAMPS @thebenchesclear]

the fun part about the course of the mlb season is that at least one of the teams that looks utterly lifeless right now is going to find a way to turn it around and make the playoffs. there’s always one, and it’s not gonna be the one you expect. it also isn’t going to be the mets

[Padres Burner @Padres_Burner69]

I genuinely hope Ohtani never sees Cooperstown. What a stain on baseball he has become.