CLEVELAND — For a few weeks he made even the most depressed fans of the team dream. He was the best kind of story, practically out of nowhere, magical, overcoming all the negativity and bad history and management ineptitude and hate of ownership to grab New York, own the town, rise above all that was wrong.
Alas, Linsanity lasted just a few weeks bridging February and March 2012 and then Jeremy Lin was gone from the Knicks and his brush with greatness.
Now, Pete Alonso is Linsanity with legs. The Mets first baseman is at three months of soaring despite the negativity and bad history and management ineptitude and hate of ownership.