David Stearns Gives His Vision of the 2024 Mets Season | Episode 8

David Stearns sits down with Vito and Jon ahead of the 2024 season to talk about his feelings on the roster he’s helped build this off-season, the pure excitement in getting to run the team he grew up loving, his relationship with former GM Omar Minaya, Milwaukee vs NYC life and way more! 00:00 – Coming Up 00:58 – President of Baseball Operations for your Mets? 01:24 – David Stearns on importance of the Mets 1:50 – David on falling in love with the Mets 02:40 – David’s favorite place to sit at Shea Stadium 03:50 – David’s favorite Met was Mike Piazza 05:00 – David gives “State of the Union” on Mets 06:05 – David Stearns on making shrewd free agent signings 07:05 – David’s relationship with Omar Minaya 08:52 – What other teams did David Stearns root for? 09:50 – Getting Stearn 10:00 – David enjoys cheese 10:30 – A mascot race with four pizza slices 10:50 – Moving on from batting average? 11:45 – 2006 Mets chat 12:10 – Did David ever call WFAN? 13:10 – David’s doppleganger 13:50 – Favorite Bob Uecker-ism 14:45 – Favorite pizzeria in New York? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices