Sep 15, 2026 · 38 min · 20 segments
In this impromptu livestream, Andrew Claudio recaps a bizarre night at Citi Field in which Pete Alonso made his first trip to Queens as an opposing player and was met with unanimous applause Mets…
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I thought it was headed our direction, but obviously it's just a routine fly ball.
His second at bat when, uh, he hit the foul ball and then walks, and then the crowd starts to boo Jonah Tang, that's when it stopped being like, all right, what else, what else are you guys here for? Like, I can only answer for myself.
Um, I'm literally staring at a bunch of open tabs, but I was like, "I'm, I'm going to see Pete Alonso tonight." And I, I don't think it makes you less of a fan if you, like, just have kind of watched this team that's not going to compete for a playoff spot, um, on television.
I've tried to do a lot more of that over the last, uh, month because they're just, we're running out of Howie Rose games.
And because of the delay, I took a full pitch and a half where I'm watching the game and then Uh, I can't hear it.
So, like, I wanted to get back to the Howie feed for the ninth inning, but it was just very clear.
They're here for Pete Alonso, and it, it's compounded also by the, the Fire Stearns chants.
We're, we're like a solid six weeks since the deadline where this team has just played very good baseball, and you're starting to see some of the vision.
Now, we don't have the benefit of the replay if you're in the building, but you see a ground ball to first base get through the first baseman, and Pete Alonso chants immediately started.
Uh, every Pete Alonso at bat, uh, he makes a, he, he does something, get, gets out or doesn't.
Um, and then yeah, the eighth inning he strikes out and everybody heads for the exits.
It truly one of the most bizarre nights that I've ever experienced at Citi Field, and I was in the building for Piazza's return in 2006.
And I made this point on Twitter tonight when I saw Chelsea Janes, uh, make the point of never seen anything like this, you know? And I just said like, the Piazza return, now that was a, a catcher in his mid-30s on the other side of his prime.
I thought it was headed our direction, but obviously it's just a routine fly ball.
His second at bat when, uh, he hit the foul ball and then walks, and then the crowd starts to boo Jonah Tang, that's when it stopped being like, all right, what else, what else are you guys here for? Like, I can only answer for myself.
Um, I'm literally staring at a bunch of open tabs, but I was like, "I'm, I'm going to see Pete Alonso tonight." And I, I don't think it makes you less of a fan if you, like, just have kind of watched this team that's not going to compete for a playoff spot, um, on television.
I've tried to do a lot more of that over the last, uh, month because they're just, we're running out of Howie Rose games.
And because of the delay, I took a full pitch and a half where I'm watching the game and then Uh, I can't hear it.
So, like, I wanted to get back to the Howie feed for the ninth inning, but it was just very clear.
They're here for Pete Alonso, and it, it's compounded also by the, the Fire Stearns chants.
We're, we're like a solid six weeks since the deadline where this team has just played very good baseball, and you're starting to see some of the vision.
Now, we don't have the benefit of the replay if you're in the building, but you see a ground ball to first base get through the first baseman, and Pete Alonso chants immediately started.
Uh, every Pete Alonso at bat, uh, he makes a, he, he does something, get, gets out or doesn't.
Um, and then yeah, the eighth inning he strikes out and everybody heads for the exits.
It truly one of the most bizarre nights that I've ever experienced at Citi Field, and I was in the building for Piazza's return in 2006.
And I made this point on Twitter tonight when I saw Chelsea Janes, uh, make the point of never seen anything like this, you know? And I just said like, the Piazza return, now that was a, a catcher in his mid-30s on the other side of his prime.
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