Unhappy NY Mets fans shouldn't be shamed for excessive Pete Alonso cheering this time

Shame on New York Mets fans or shame on the shamers? When Pete Alonso stepped up to the plate each time on Monday night, you’d have thought the greatest person in human history had arrived to do more than swing a baseball bat. Fans cheered for the name on the back of the jersey over the ones on the front.

If you were one of the many who voiced your opinion on the Alonso situation, good for you. If you were upset by it, that’s fine. Fandom is fanatical.

Fans should continue to let their voices be heard throughout the series against the Baltimore Orioles. Every Alonso at-bat should be loud and the fans should cheer for him to hit number 300. No lines are crossed by making it more about the player than the team. Mets victories no longer matter. The behavior Mets fans exhibited on Monday, heading for the exits after Alonso’s final at-bat for instance, only becomes unhealthy when this continues when he comes back in 2028.

When the Orioles are back at Citi Field in 2028, Mets fans need to let it go

The MLB schedule will make it so we don’t see Alonso back at Citi Field again until 2028. The every other year matchups between leagues make it so next year it’ll be a trip to Baltimore for the Mets. With the schedule already released, there’s an unlikely probability MLB would change the schedule to accommodate any lost games due to a lockout. May 31-June 2 is when the Mets will go to Baltimore for those eager to book a trip early.

In 2026, all bets are off when it comes to fan behavior. The team underperformed. Before April was even through, it felt like a lost year. This wasn’t a collapse like 2025. This was a failed launch.

Angry Mets fans have been speaking their minds all year. It all culminated with Alonso’s return as he represented best what went wrong with the team. The Mets never appropriately replaced him at first base. Whether you want to claim it was paying Bo Bichette a ridiculous amount instead, the project to turn Jorge Polanco into a first baseman, or moving Mark Vientos across the diamond, all three decisions managed to backfire. Sure, we’re happier with Bichette but his too-little, too-late performance didn’t silence anyone.

The harboring of ill-will toward David Stearns isn’t anything unusual. He was unpopular with some fans from the moment he was hired. Representative of the new wave of baseball nerds, fairly or not, every detail about Alonso’s departure went stale. The Mets didn’t adequately find an alternative, he’s having a big year, and the team has stunk for months. This wasn’t a case of Alonso spurning the Mets at the last moment. They never came close to offering him what the Orioles did because they never made any formal offer at all.

The fans’ behavior on Monday was to be expected and we should prepare for more of the same on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Frustrated fans deserve that pass now. Not so much in 2028 when Alonso makes his next return to Citi Field. By then, he deserves a round of applause for sure. Choosing him over anything to do with the Mets outside of some sort of outrageous circumstance (the Mets are a roster full of AI robots, cat burglars, and social media influencers) is in poor taste and your fandom should come into question.

Today and tomorrow, get that sports rage out. The majority of fans in attendance will only get one shot to express their love and gratitude for their favorite player. The game is meaningless without the fans and the customer, while not always being right, is always right.

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