Our darling, Ron Darling, joining us World Series champion, former New York vet, a man who will forever be in our hearts on SNY.

And tune in tomorrow to SNY for exclusive Mets pre and post game shows as the Mets kick off the 2026 season.

Coverage begins at 12 p.m.

And then Saturday, Gary Keith and Ron are on the call for Mets Pirates at 410 only on

SNY. Good morning. Ronnie. How are you? Good morning, guys. Second, second by a long shot,

most important darling in Queens right now after Dylan, darling. Yes, that is true. Yeah, very well

put by the way. Hey, so let's put all the speculation to

bed and then let's get an answer about what happened to the Mets team last year and all the

changes that David Stearns was forced to make for this year's team. Was there a problem in the

locker room, Ronnie, from your perspective with last year's team?

You know, a boomer, you know, it wasn't the same.

I'll tell you that.

2024 was such a magical year.

There was so much joy and, you know, happiness in that clubhouse a year prior with

Iglesias and J.D. Martinez and others.

So what really was a step off when you saw kind of,

none of those things happened to the team last year.

Now, they started out great, and then they really went in the tank.

So when that happens, that can make everyone a little surly.

You know that, doesn't anyone, boomer.

But, yeah, they certainly didn't have any of that magic they had in 2024 last year.

Yeah, and it seemed to me that it was obvious why it got really bad towards the end

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