pete alonso

Pete Alonso plans to use his platform. Joining an ever-growing chorus of athletes decrying the killing of George Floyd, the 25-year-old Mets first baseman and reigning NL Rookie of the Year posted a statement to Instagram, in which he calls for justice and vows to fight for those who face racial discrimination. Instagram “For the …

A tiny percentage of people ever become the face of a franchise. It is a title available to players, coaches and executives. It is a role earned through popularity and/or potential and/or longevity and/or achievement. Decade after decade, the defining faces of New York sports have often included all-time legends. Sometimes, someone holds the distinction …

The Mets were the accidental contenders of 2019. When they tried, they failed. When they surrendered, they succeeded. Brodie Van Wagenen provided the words. In January 2019, before even his first spring training as GM, he assessed the Mets as the NL East favorites and challenged the rest of the division to “come get us.” …

Pete Alonso is going to bat for Noah Syndergaard. The Mets first baseman took issue with a Sports Illustrated story examining if pitchers should be getting Tommy John surgery while the nation’s health care system is strained by the coronavirus pandemic and after several states imposed a ban on non-essential surgery in order to free …

We survive because of simple kindnesses in these uncertain days. A neighbor offering to buy groceries. Friends gathering on Zoom, lifting salutary beers to one another, yearning for a chance to actually clink glasses again. Estranged friends reaching out, exchanging telephone calls, wishing each other safe passage day to day. We really do see the …

Baseball may be on hiatus, but Pete Alonso still managed to hit it out of the park for one Amazin’ fan in need of a boost. The All-Star slugger brought cancer-stricken and lifelong Mets fanatic Kathleen Selig to happy tears on Wednesday by sending her an encouraging video over social media. Selig recently learned she …