Mike Fusco

nurse. musician. singer songwriter. Italian. Hollywood and Connecticut. Married to California… the girl, not the state!

[Mike Fusco @Michaelfusco]

@nickythegood I loved the Alonso chants. If they kept Alonso and Nimmo and the 1st base coach/ pitching coach, I think Mets would be an over .500 team easily.

[dylan @NotYoungDA]

alright now im emotional

[Mike Fusco @Michaelfusco]

@BMiggy 2022 and 2024, wasn’t his fault they missed last year and he’s not been on the team this year. 2020 was the Covid year so… lol I think he did good when he was a met

[Mike Fusco @Michaelfusco]

@MetsJr69 Take my money! That’s absolutely amazing

[Mike Fusco @Michaelfusco]

@KnicksBeast 100% for me, too!!! I don’t think I’ve ever listened to the call til right now. Kinda underwhelming hahah. We were so busy yelling and screaming and jumping when it happened

[2026 NBA CHAMPIONS 🇹🇹 @StevieKnicks21]

I watch this weekly 🥹

[Mike Fusco @Michaelfusco]

@larsmoravy @Tesla Think any 4th of July extra incentives?? Sooo close to a model y for my wife

[Mike Fusco @Michaelfusco]

@Thats_BB_Suzyn Well put my friend

[That’s Baseball, Suzyn @Thats_BB_Suzyn]

Taking off my Yankees hat for a minute to assess the Mets situation.

The Pete Alonso situation captures everything about why David Stearns is not the secret genius we were told he was, and why he is, simply, a terrible GM.

You don’t let a Forever Guy, the franchise leader in HR, walk to another team. At least not without a good reason. And the reasons Stearns gave for not even making an offer to Pete simply don’t hold up. They reveal that he might just be an idiot.

1. “His defense is sub-par.” Sure, but then you signed Bo Bichette to play a position he never played, and he was already a terrible defender at the position he did play. And then you signed a roleplayer to play 1B who hadn’t even played 1B before. So even if you prioritized defense, you had no plan to make that happen.

2. “He won’t age well.” Pete never gets hurt, plays 162 games, and has been the most consistent right handed power hitter in baseball since coming into the league. He’s a lock for 35-45 HR every year with an .800 to .850 OPS. There’s a reason he’s the franchise leader in HR. Homegrown guys like that come along once in a generation.

3. “We didn’t want to hamstring ourselves with a long term contract, especially because we already did that with Lindor and Soto.” Understandable, but the Orioles only signed him through his Age 35 season. That’s a bargain in this day and age. Aaron Judge, Ohtani, Mookie, Vlad Jr., Soto, Trout, Harper, and Machado are all locked up through Age 39 and beyond. If you’re scared of signing an elite 1B to a 5 year deal through Age 35, you shouldn’t be a major league GM.

Simply put, all of Stearns’ reasons were complete BS.

Now I can think of some reasons to keep Pete:

1. Chicks dig the Forever Guy - Win or lose, some fans will always buy tickets to see an elite homegrown player they grew up with. Investing in someone like that is a good business decision. Insurance in case you don’t win. There’s something special about seeing a no-name prospect become a superstar over the course of his rookie year. Fans, especially kids, have been on this journey with Pete since he broke Aaron Judge’s rookie home run record in 2019. Obviously winning matters most. But take this from a Yankees fan. When we were mediocre and in between playoff windows in 2013-2014, we still paid to go see Jeter and Mariano.

2. The Quest for 500 - Pete is on a borderline HOF track. Every HR he would have hit at Citi Field would have been a new record. Unless he gets hurt—and so far he never gets hurt—he had a really good chance to get to 500. Why take that away from fans?

3. The Mets have never had a Forever Guy. Seaver. Straw. Doc. DeGrom. None of those guys stayed with the Mets. Pete not only had a chance to be a face of the franchise, but THE face of the franchise, for decades to come.

Look, I’m not emotionally invested in the Mets. I don’t hate them, even if I don’t root for them. And as a baseball fan, I think every team deserves a homegrown hero, win or lose. I count dozens of Mets fans amongst my family and friends. It’s painful to see what Pete on the Orioles has done to them.

There is certainly an argument to be made for being ruthless, doing whatever it takes to win. But David Stearns didn’t do that either. Instead of being a secret genius, it seems he had no plan at all. Now that they’re a dumpster fire, it doesn’t surprise me that Pete Alonso is the outlet through which fans are venting their frustration.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Wow. Donald Trump is holding affordable housing hostage until Congress passes his voter suppression bill.

He is literally delaying help for families struggling to afford a home in order to make it harder for married women and Black Americans to vote.

He is a sick man!

[T J - 🇬🇧 Tracking Global FSD Rollout @tesla_jokes]

Waymo just STOPPED in the middle of the road for no reason 🛑

Tesla FSD: "Cute."

Then casually overtook it like it was nothing.

This is the difference.

FSD or Waymo? 👇

[SNY Knicks @sny_knicks]

"(Jalen Brunson)'s the king of New York right now."

Former president Barack Obama shares his thoughts on OG Anunoby and Jalen Brunson

(via @allthesmokeprod)

[Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi]

Congress passed a bipartisan plan to help more Americans achieve the dream of homeownership.

But the President is refusing to sign it unless he gets to takeover our elections.

Donald Trump would rather see Americans living on the street than voting at the ballot box.

[Mike Fusco @Michaelfusco]

@TheMooseNation Yeah don’t waste your time on idiots like that, Moose. You earned it and no one can judge what you do with your earnings. Looks 🔥!

[Mike Fusco @Michaelfusco]

@HowieRose @dchiego @MetsBooth @KeithRaad I think take the rest of this year off and next year we can try it all again lol. Please dont go on this seasons note

[Mets Batflip @metsbatflip1]

Mets fans chanting “Pete Alonso”😩

[Dan Bartels @DanBartels2]

“Pete Alonso” chants pour down at Citi Field — as Mets fans are clearly sending a direct message towards David Stearns.

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

Mets fans are chanting “Pete Alonso” at Citi Field as the team is about to suffer its fifth loss in a row in a game where they committed six errors

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

Jail em’ Dano