“I’m a huge fan of people who have success in New York,” Bader said outside of the Mets’ spring training stadium in Port St. Lucie after playing a Grapefruit League game against Alonso's club. “They (New Yorkers) are ruthless. They really are. What he has done in baseball is tremendous. But to do it in that city? Under that pressure? It’s something I can respect even more.”
Flash forward and it’s Bader, not Alonso, who has become the Big Apple’s breakout baseball star this postseaon. He’s doing it for the Yankees, not the Mets. You have to respect it.