The Mets Skipped FanFest!

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.6 • 945 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The Mets choose not to hold FanFest, and the optics could not be worse. The guys break down why skipping a fan event makes the organization look scared of its own fans, especially when there is nothing new to celebrate. Outside of modest moves, nothing about this roster feels better than it did months ago, and fans can feel it. The conversation then pivots to the New York football picture, including Antonio Pierce emerging as a legitimate sleeper candidate in the New York Giants head coaching search if it is not John Harbaugh or Kevin Stefanski. From there, the show spirals into classic chaos, Cinco de Lunch energy, Wild Card Weekend rankings, draft obsession, quarterback scouting madness, and the brutal reality that most fans watch sports through selfish rooting interests. It is part Mets frustration, part Giants coaching intrigue, and part unhinged Friday sports radio at its finest, with food debates, cheese takes, and playoff chaos layered on top.

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0:00.0	Just because something's a success doesn't mean you intend on doing it every year.
0:23.3	Like Old Timers Day was a success. They don't do it every year. They do it every three or four years. I think that even if the Mets' intentions were to not do it every year, it makes them look scared and afraid of their fans. I don't even mind that, though, because you should do a fan fest when there's something to celebrate. And right now there's nothing to celebrate. What have they done? nothing exactly
0:24.5	I mean You should do a fan fest when there's something to celebrate. And right now there's nothing to celebrate.
0:21.3	What have they done?
0:23.0	Nothing.
0:24.0	Exactly. I mean, they signed Jorge Polanco and Devin Williams and Luke Weaver. I guess we can go over that. But no, I don't think any MET fan feels better about this team today than they did a few months ago. Yeah, definitely not. No amazing day in 2026. This fan focus is sponsored by Chef IQ, Precision Cooking, Effortless Results, ChefIQ.com.
0:42.0	We've talked a lot about John Harbaugh today.
0:44.0	Well, Antonio Pierce will formally meet the Giants Brass today for his official head coach interview after having dinner with the Giants last night.
0:51.1	He's a sleeper candidate for Big Blue.
0:53.0	If the answer is not Harbaugh or Stefansky, his head
0:56.1	coaching experience and the players
0:57.8	loving him with the Raiders does help his
0:59.8	candidacy for the Giants' best linebacker
1:02.2	in the last 20 years.
1:03.7	You mentioning
1:04.6	dinner with Antonio Pierce has
1:07.9	gotten me hungry.
1:09.4	Which probably means it's a good time to have some luncho.
1:13.0	Sean Muresh in the booth, somebody hide the castle.
1:18.8	Artics flying phones ringing Evans yelling.
1:21.5	No!
1:22.2	Tiki's laughing chaos cracking nobody's in control.
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