After a dominant rookie year, New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso had his number retired at Plant High School on Wednesday. He joins 10 other former major leaguers, including Wade Boggs, Preston Tucker, and his brother Kyle Tucker.
According to Fox13 Tampa Bay, Alonso used his time back at his alma mater as a teaching moment. He wanted to remind the students that fame like his means nothing if you lose yourself,
“It doesn’t matter what you do or how you do it,” he said. “It matters about who you are as a person and how you treat other people, and the impact you have.