Pete Alonso said the reaction from Mets fans caught him off guard, so much so that he didn’t know what to do before tipping his helmet.
from much of the sold-out Citi Field crowd in the bottom of the first in what could have been his final game there as a Met.Alonso said home plate umpire John Libka had a message for him when he got into the box.. “I said, ‘What?’ I was worried about my at-bat, but ‘Yeah, I should.’ I’m happy John reminded me.”If things go well for the Mets over the next couple of weeks, though, he could be back again.
The Mets are two games ahead of the Braves for the final NL wild card with the series between the two set to begin in Atlanta on Tuesday and asked about Sunday potentially being his final game at Citi Field, Alonso said beforehand, “In my mind, it isn’t.
It’s something they didn’t do in 2022 when a three-game sweep at the hands of the Braves in Atlanta in the middle of September helped cost the Mets a division title.Following Monday’s off day, the Mets will see how the ‘24 season will end up.
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