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WFAN Daily

King of Queens, For Life?: Pete Alonso's Crown | BT & Sal

WFAN Daily

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4.4792 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

After Pete Alonso officially became the Mets' all-time home run leader, BT and Sal got into a fiery debate about his future with the team. Sal believes that this historic moment, combined with Alonso's strong performance, makes it impossible for Steve Cohen to let him walk in free agency. BT, however, argued that it's a sentimental take that ignores the business side of baseball, citing Alonso's age and the team's past hesitation to sign him long-term. Both hosts agreed that the fans would revolt if the Mets let their homegrown home run king leave, but they couldn't agree on whether the team's front office will prioritize this emotional connection over cold, hard business logic. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.3

But it got me thinking,

0:58.3

and we've talked about this many times the last couple of years, we've been paired together here. I don't think that there's any way the Mets could let Alonzo walk. Like, we've been down this road before, as recently as this past off season. After now breaking that record and having that record on his own, you know how much

1:28.7

the fan base is in love with Pete Alonzo. I don't care what David Stern's values or not. I don't think there's any way Steve Cohen lets Pete Alonzo walk after last night. Well, first of all, congrats to Pete. That was all. I even enjoyed it. I was in the car and I heard his double. By the way,

1:25.4

is Howie okay? He sounds really sick.

1:27.7

I don't know. I didn't catch. I even enjoyed it. I was in the car, and I heard his double. By the way, Howie's, is Howie okay? He sounds really sick. I don't know. I didn't catch. I did catch the Keith Rad version of the call. Yeah, yeah. So I heard the double, I guess, off the base of the wall, and then we know what happened. Oh, really good night. You know, Cohen was there, obviously, in the stands, and Darrow had the message and everybody could see how everybody was just so happy for him. So I'm really happy for Pete. And he was generally happy himself as well. Yes, you could tell. Very sincere, just the adulation, the connection. You know, as much as we talked about this moment, we don't really get moments. It's not 500 home runs, but we don't get moments like this too often.

2:17.9

You know, like when Ewing passed Clyde for the old-time franchise scoring lead. Like, look, I love that stuff. I think it's awesome. So last time was a great night. And think about this way, too. It held how the record was held like, basically my entire life as a Mets fan. It was Donald Schrobert.

2:14.6

I never even thought about the record.

2:16.4

It was never something that was even,

2:18.1

but question, to me, at least in my mind. entire life as a Mets fan. It was Darrell Schrobert. Like, I never even thought about the record.

2:34.3

It was never something that was even

2:35.6

questioned, to me, at least in my mind, Strobeau held it for what, 30-something years, whatever it was? Like, that's a long time to have a record. Yeah, and you wonder what Darrell would have been without the booze and the drugs and the issues. Evie, probably would have been five bills. All right, so

2:31.2

you know, the

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