Pete Alonso stepped up to the plate in the first inning of what could be his final home game at Citi Field and was met by a huge ovation. “Are you going to tip you cap or something?” Alonso recalled home plate umpire John Libka telling him.

The Mets' Pete Alonso stepped up to the plate in the first inning of what could be his final home game at Citi Field and was met by a huge ovation. "Are you going to tip you cap or something?" Alonso recalled home plate umpire John Libka telling him.

Jose Reyes, Al Leiter and Mike Piazza — and played their final game for the club this century did so in a regular season home finale (as well as in a postseason

Before Sunday night’s game, Pete Alonso wasn’t sure whether he would receive an out-of-the-ordinary ovation from New York Mets fans. An impending free agent, Alonso said he wasn’t focused on the possibility that the series finale against the Philadelphia Phillies could be his final game at Citi Field as a Met.

Mets first baseman Pete Alonso wasn’t expecting any reaction from fans in what could end up being his final game at Citi Field on Sunday, but he got one anyway. Stepping up to the plate in his first at-bat,