The Baltimore Orioles are signing New York Mets first baseman and slugger Pete Alonso to a five-year, $155 million deal, according to major sports news outlets like ESPN, Bleacher Nation, and Sports Illustrated. The club has not announced the deal, which is said to be pending a physical. Go Mets AND Os! (Photo credit: Aliza Worthington) As a decades-long Baltimorean and die-hard Orioles fan, this reporter should be rejoicing. As a Brooklyn-born and raised New Yorker to the core, and life-long Mets fan, she is torn. As fate would have it, she was also born in 1969 when the Mets and Orioles met in the World Series, the former coming out on top. Maybe it is fair play the Orioles lure Alonso away some 56 years later. Understandably, fans in each city are having decidedly different reactions to the deal. Mets fans’ emotions range from despondent to livid. Especially after news of losing Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers yesterday. Orioles fans are mostly exultant, but even some are still wary, wondering if this is yet another Chris Davis money pit, or when management might consider opening their wallet for some pitching. Regardless, it is a huge move, and puts the futures of current first basemen Ryan Mountcastle and Colby Mayo in question while answering the need to add a major bat to the lineup. The real question for this reporter is, where does it leave HER? Receiving texts from her family and friends back in New York that say simply “Congrats on Alonso” when she can practically hear the seething rage and feel them holding back the tears is almost too much for her to bear. How does one respond in this awful baseball triangle of emotions? What’s a transplant to do? On social media, reactions ran the gamut: View this post on Instagram Mets fans react on Instagram. More Mets fans in despair. Via nym_news IG account. View this post on Instagram Things on SNYTV’s IG account were no better. SNYTV’s Instagram account. Naturally, Orioles fans were more optimistic, though still a bit cautious. Once bitten, and all that. View this post on Instagram Is there hope for the Os? via Birdland_Sportspage on Instagram View this post on Instagram via AllSportsNews on Instagram Some were understandably skeptical, but we also have many who are still hopeful. AllSportsNews on Instagram AllSportsNews on Instagram Someone even apologized to Mike Elias. Classy. Orioles fans regain hope. ...read more read less