David Stearns is pictured during a Sept. 29 press conference. Robert Sabo for the NY Post

Maybe it’s too soon to hear this story, but it feels important to tell anyway in this week when David Stearns has managed to make himself the most unpopular person presently working in New York City. This isn’t to make him feel any better, mind you, but rather an effort to make you see if, as a Mets fan, you’re lucky you can reach back for a dollop of precedent.

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It’s a confirmed part of Mets history and New York City lore that the most reviled front-office type ever was M. Donald Grant, who engineered Tom Seaver’s exile

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