Whether as a season ticket perk, a stop on a tour or an element of community outreach, the Mets' press conference space is sometimes occupied by activities other than Mets' press conferences. Once in a while, when I'm at Citi Field with a media credential and I'm a bit early, I'll step into the room usually used for official communications and glimpse something other than a Mets press conference in progress. The setting is familiar, the faces aren't.
But in front of the occupied rows of chairs, there were a couple of people who, when the 2023 season ended, were essentially strangers to our baseball-consuming experience. On Tuesday, they were seated as if they belonged at the head of that room. They were talking authoritatively about the team to which we are emotionally attached. They were necessarily commanding the attention of a dutifully recording audience. I was watching because I felt I
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