What seemed like a gamble in picking his cousin to throw to him worked out, as has most of rookie season for Mets slugger.
Cousin Derek Morgan looks on as Tampa's Pete Alonso shows off one of the prizes from their All-Star Home Run Derby win. [MARC TOPKIN | Times]
CLEVELAND - Winning the All-Star Home Run Derby was a family affair for Pete Alonso.
And while the Mets rookie smash was born, schooled and rooted in Tampa, this had to do more with his parents' Ohio-based relatives, more than two dozen of whom turned out to root him on.