Steve Cohen can flex his ‘eff-you’ Mets money with Pete Alonso

It was the character of Bobby Axelrod on the television series “Billions” who popularized the term. As that character was loosely based on Mets owner Steve Cohen, it has helped define his approach to running the Mets.

The term, translated for inclusion in a family newspaper: “Eff-you money.”

Cohen sits on a $21 billion fortune, and so he specializes in allocating FYM. If he wants a painting or a sculpture bad enough, he brings that painting or sculpture home with him, caring not if he has to pay an overcharge to hang it on his wall or feature it in his den.

Here’s the thing, though: