Sean Manaea not thrilled with crazy reaction by Mets fans to Pete Alonso home run

In his 11 years in the big leagues, Sean Manaea has never experienced a scene like the one that unfolded at Citi Field on Tuesday night.The home team, in this case Manaea’s Mets, nursed a one-run lead in the ninth.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.

An opponent, ex-Met fan favorite and current Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso, tied the game with a solo home run, in this case the 300th of his career.And the home faithful cheered as if Alonso still donned the blue and orange, seemingly not caring one bit about what that hit meant for their favorite team.“I’ve got nothing but respect for him, I love him to death, but as a team, as the 2026 Mets, I know we have definitely underperformed.But the guys in here work their ass off every single day.

To have that kind of reaction to an opposing player — it could be anybody — is crazy to me,” Manaea said after the Mets’ 7-5 loss in 11 innings.“I’ve got nothing but respect for Pete, but I’ve never seen anything like that before.

I know the guys in here, we are grinding our butts off and stuff like that happens.I’ve never seen anything like that, kinda crazy.”Former fan favorites usually receive warm welcomes when they return to their former locale but Alonso’s return has deviated quite far from the norm.Mets fans have cheered Alonso wildly like he’s the only thing that mattered, home team be damned.Perhaps some of it is pent-up frustration that the Mets did not retain him, although they did make offers he rejected over the years.Some of the emotions certainly tie to the team missing the playoffs in back-to-back years despite lofty ambitions and huge payrolls, and there are certainly those who are letting out their frustration with beleaguered president of baseball operations David Stearns after his attempt to replace Alonso with Jorge Polanco completely backfired.It’s created — as Manaea sai...