Pete Alonso

First is, you've had a very busy last year and a half.

The post-season run, first trip through free agency, you break the all-time.

And my second question is just, you know, home runs, you have a kid, you do free agency again.

What have you learned about yourself personally?

and your relationship with the sport over that span?

And then my second question is just, you know, do you have a message to all the Mets fans who've kind of come out and watched you play at Citi Field over the last seven years?

I know today is about the future, but just wanted to give you that opportunity as well.

For sure.

Again, like the past year and a half, I would say...

I mean, the thing, yeah, okay, things can, you have trials and tribulations, but there's just moments, I mean, like this one where I'm just overcome with joy, where it just justifies the hard work.

It justifies the sacrifice.

And it's really kind of, it's really galvanizing.

It's really energizing.

And it's where you look back over the quest or the journey.

It's like, yeah, like certain things is worth it.

Like,

Even to start right after the post-season in 24, it's like, okay, we're going back to Tampa to no house because it got flooded by Helene.

And then it's like, we're a free agent.

And it's like, where do we go?

What do we do?