Pete Alonso rips on traffic, crushes homer against Yankees in return to NYC
For the first time in his MLB career, Pete Alonso traveled to New York as part of a visiting team.
Only, on Friday, he wasn’t heading to his old stomping grounds of Citi Field; he was headed to the Bronx as he and his Baltimore Orioles teammates faced the New York Yankees.
And, from the start, Alonso knew he was back in the Big Apple, and it was all thanks to the city’s nightmarish traffic.
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Baltimore Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso made his return to New York on Friday, but it wasn’t against the Mets. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)
The Baltimore first baseman was asked about his emotions upon returning to town, and he immediately set about dealing with traffic.
“We flew to Newark, and then I was like, ‘We’re definitely back because we hit a wall of traffic that was unbearable,'” Alonso told SNY. “So it was definitely (like), ‘Yeah, okay, we’re here. We’re back; we’re definitely back. It’s definitely New York.'”
SNY’s Michelle Margaux asked him if that meant there was no traffic in Baltimore.
“No, that’s true, but not an unbearable wall of traffic,” he joked.
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Alonso, who began his career with the Mets in 2019, said it was great to be back and recapture his memories.
And speaking of memories, Alonso probably made fans think back to his rookie season, when he crushed 53 home runs, with his performance in this one.
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso hit a solo home run in the second inning. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)
In the top of the second, he hit an absolute bomb against Yankees right-hander Will Warren when he connected with the 1-1 pitch and sent it into the second deck in right field.
The cameraman almost didn’t seem to believe how far this went.
It was Alonso’s fifth home run this year, and probably one of the best of his career.
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Now, the only dinger that might taste even sweeter would be if he hits one when the O’s head to Queens for a three-game series against his former team.
