Steve and Alex Cohen gifted the fan-favorite first baseman with a painting made from 253 official MLB baseballs that depicts Alonso’s record-breaking home run trot.

Radio broadcaster Howie Rose read a heartfelt speech, highlighting Alonso’s 53 first-year home runs and postseason heroics. A special video tribute — narrated by Strawberry — then played on the jumbotron as fans around the stadium gave the 30-year-old a standing ovation.

Under the lights at Bowman Field, the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners faced off in the 2025 edition of the MLB Little League Classic in front of every Little League World Series regional champion and fans from the county.

Alonso is the Mets’ version of Aaron Judge, who turned down a long-term contract offer from the Yankees on opening day in 2022, then set the American League single-season home run record. The Yankees rewarded Judge with a forever contract, and now it’s on Cohen and his baseball operations president, David Stearns, to do right by Alonso.

Pete Alonso proved himself to be the Mets franchise's preeminent power hitter when he set the club record with his 253rd home run on Aug. 13, 2025.

There’s a solid argument to be made that one day No. 20 will be retired by both the New York Rangers and New York Mets. Though that’s a pretty good starting point, it’s not the only thing Chris Kreider and Pete Alonso have in common.

The Milwaukee Brewers are on an absolute heater right now. They have won a franchise record 14 consecutive games. It's their second win streak of 10 games or lo

After flirting with the possibility for weeks, Pete Alonso finally stood alone as the Mets’ all-time home-run king when he slugged his 253rd career homer, surpassing Darryl Strawberry for the most in Mets history.