Darryl Strawberry happy Pete Alonso is set to…
Darryl Strawberry is still the Mets’ franchise home run chief.
How for much longer that will stay the case is unsure, with Pete Alonso on the cusp of breaking the file that Strawberry set over eight seasons (1983-1990) in Queens, but the Mets great isn’t bemoaning his impending displacement from a franchise file.
“You’re talking about a record that’s been there for 35 years, that’s a long time, and records are meant to be broken,” Strawberry told reporters Wednesday at TD Bank Ballpark in Somerset before a recreation between the Mets and Yankees Double-A associates. “I believe too many gamers that performed skilled sports activities always assume their information ought to stand and no one ought to break it, and that’s not true. There are going to be gamers that come along that will break their file and I’m happy for Pete, because he’s a good man.
Pete Alonso is one home run away from tying the Mets’ home run file. Robert Sabo for NY Post
“He’s not one of the bad guys in baseball. He’s a guy that loves playing in New York, and hopefully he’ll achieve it soon.”
Alonso, still sitting at 251 homers, pulled within one long ball of Strawberry’s file on Monday against the Guardians, but he was then held without a home run in the next two video games.
Strawberry praised Alonso’s capability to deal with the New York highlight and said the first baseman’s capability to come close to his file is a testomony to the work he’s put into his profession.
“It means he’s worked hard, dedicated himself to believing in himself, because you have to,” Strawberry said. “He’s been able to stand up and play in New York in front of the pressure and the expectations, which is very hard to do, I think a lot of times people don’t realize that. And he’s a homegrown player, just like I was, and when you been developed through the organization like young players you want to do well. He’s been able to do that, so very pleased with all of that he’s about to accomplish.”
Darryl Strawberry had 252 home runs with the Mets. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
While Alonso has been chasing historical past, the Mets have struggled as of late, having dropped eight of their last 9, including 4 straight with their 4-1 defeat at the arms of the Guardians on Wednesday.
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