What To Expect From Round 2 Of The Pete Alonso - Mets Negotiations With Laura Albanese
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What are the key updates on Pete Alonso's negotiations with the Mets?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring.
You don't get bored by baseball.
Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you. You. You. You. You. You.
You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You. You.
That's a lie.
That's not a lie. It's true. It's absolutely true. I do not tell lies on the podcast.
How does Laura Albanese compare Pete Alonso to characters at Comic-Con?
It's only truths. And I am so happy that you are back, so happy that you are here. You have your own podcast, First Time Listener, Long Time Caller, correct? Am I right?
Yeah.
I love the name, but still, there's a lot of words that I could possibly get wrong there.
I think I got it wrong for the first month and a half that we were doing it. My co-host was like, Laura, come on.
Well, it's like when Kenley Jansen comes out and he's so happy. He loves doing the podcast. He's like, baseball is boring. I'm like, Kenley, you got to put on the NT. You got to put on the NT. It's so close. Close. So close. Well, listen, congratulations on your season. I mean, this was a whole new thing for you, a whole new role. Beat writer for the chaotic New York Mets. Yes. So you feel good? You're happy? Everything good?
Yeah. I mean, obviously, it was the greatest collapse that I've ever witnessed in my sports journalism career. But other than that, I mean, I really did enjoy kind of being part of the day-to-day grind of it. Because before that, I was kind of just going back and forth between Yankees and Mets, which was also awesome. But being there day in and day out kind of gives you a little bit better of an insight and a little bit better of a feel on the team itself.
Yeah, so that's what I was going to ask. What was the thing that maybe you didn't even realize that was a byproduct of doing the job, your new job, compared to your old job?
What challenges did Laura face as a Mets beat writer?
And like you said, you're around there. You're around it more. Maybe it's how players interact. I don't know. Maybe there isn't anything. Was there anything that jumped out?
Yeah, a little bit more about how players interact, kind of getting, you know, more of a sense because I feel like obviously when you're on the beat, you're just on the road more. And you kind of see just guys have almost more downtime in the visitors clubhouse on the road.
Yes.
They actually stay there as opposed to hiding from us in whatever back rooms. So you did get to see that. And I think part of it, too, was. it was interesting because as a general assignment reporter, I covered all sports for a long time and you would kind of parachute in and you'd have to cram and cram and cram and cram about whatever this team was and what their personalities were. Whereas there was almost like a little bit of a shorthand where if I go on a podcast like this, no matter what, even if I was covering the team for the last week or so, I would be doing all this studying in the world. And I still do a lot of studying and a lot of research, but you know, you're there every day. So I'm reading my own clips.
So it's like I'm reading my own information.
I'm glad you said that. Like that's sort of – you know, I think that that's the challenge. When you are parachuting in or you are covering multiple sports or maybe you're new, whatever it is, but when you're around it every day, like I – when I do this podcast, usually it's, I have a couple of people, things I want to talk about and we talk about it. Like, it's not like I'm studying now. I will say this. I walked in a clubhouse and I look at Wikipedia pages really quick and I'm That's the jumping off. It's so funny that you say, obviously, people don't care about this, but whatever. The availability of players in clubhouses is kind of crazy. It's getting worse and worse and worse. They can hide, especially at home.
They know where to hide on the road.
How do players' interactions change on the road versus at home?
There's less places to hide. But when you walk into a clubhouse... and you see someone available, like, for instance, if I go into, I don't know, another team's clubhouse that I'm not familiar with, and there's nobody around, but there's one guy sitting there, I'm like, okay, Wikipedia page.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the key updates on Pete Alonso's negotiations with the Mets?
0:00–0:36
2
How does Laura Albanese compare Pete Alonso to characters at Comic-Con?
0:36–2:12
3
What challenges did Laura face as a Mets beat writer?
2:12–4:07
4
How do players' interactions change on the road versus at home?
4:07–5:51
5
What insights does Laura provide about the Mets' performance this season?
5:51–7:34
6
What factors influence Pete Alonso's value to the Mets?
7:34–9:18
7
How does Scott Boras impact the negotiations for Pete Alonso?
9:18–10:49
8
Who does Laura think represents the essence of Pete Alonso at Comic-Con?
10:49–33:39
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