PHOENIX – Pete Alonso hasn’t talked much about how his home was extensively damaged by flood waters when Hurricane Helene hit his hometown of Tampa, Fla., last September.
It happened as Alonso and the New York Mets were in Milwaukee about to play the Brewers. The team’s immediate objective was to make the playoffs with the specter of free agency pending for Alonso. All of that suddenly took a back seat for the player affectionately known as the Polar Bear.
The ending isn’t a surprise—Alonso eventually re-signed with the Mets. This year, they have been one of the best teams in Major League Baseball, and Alonso is having a season for the ages.