David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterOct 16, 2024, 08:13 PM ETCloseCovers MLB for ESPN.com
Former deputy editor of Page 2
Been with ESPN.com since 1995NEW YORK — The Playoff Pumpkin is alive and well.Pete Alonso’s pumpkin, first purchased in Wisconsin when the New York Mets were playing the Milwaukee Brewers in a wild-card series, currently sits in his locker at Citi Field. It is a reminder not only of Alonso’s ninth-inning home run off Brewers closer Devin Williams that saved the Mets’ season, but of all the good fortune that has gone the Mets’ way so far in October.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedIndeed, Alonso seems a little possessive about his prized gourd. It goes on the road with him, of course — so far, from Milwaukee to Philadelphia to New York to Los Angeles and now back to New York.”What I do, I always take it with me,” Alonso said before Game 3 of the NLCS, greeting reporters in a Playoff Pumpkin hoodie and OMG ski cap. “On the road I’ve taken it back to the hotel because I…
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