Sweet-swinging Mets outfielder Michael Conforto’s No. 1 fan is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in synchronized swimming.
His mom, Tracie.
For Mother’s Day, the 24-year-old budding star paid tribute to the person who instilled in him a sense of “pride and work ethic.”
“She always told me to obsess over whatever it is you’re doing,” said Conforto.
The former Tracie Ruiz won gold medals in solo and synchronized swimming at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and a solo silver in Seoul in 1988.