# @PlayersTribune on Twitter/X

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- **Original URL:** https://twitter.com/PlayersTribune/status/1842637012018323771
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/23855275-PlayersTribune-twitter
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- **Posted:** 2024-10-05T18:44:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) — https://gondola.cc/PlayersTribune

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Pete Alonso: “By now, I’m sure a lot of Mets fans know a bit about my ties to New York. That my great-grandpa moved his family to Queens in the ’30s when things were getting unstable and dangerous in his home country of Spain.⁠
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But the bonds between my family and this city go so much deeper than just that. My grandpa grew up in Queens and graduated from NYU after serving in WWII. He actually met my grandma down on Wall Street while he was in grad school. The story goes that he didn’t know how to type, so his plan was to try to find the best-looking receptionist in New York City to help him with his papers … and the rest is history.⁠
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My grandma delivered my dad at a hospital in — where else? — Queens. And when he was a kid, there were aunts and uncles and cousins around all the time. I was born down in Florida, but from the very first time I visited New York as a teenager … man, I just felt such a special connection to this place.⁠
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Then, when the Mets drafted me, it was like destiny or something. When they brought me to town to sign my contract, I couldn’t stop looking around and thinking about how my grandpa might have driven down the same streets back in the day, or walked past the same buildings.⁠
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And now, every time I put on my uniform, there’s real, genuine significance there. I feel it deeply. I absolutely cherish the fact that the name ALONSO is what’s on the back of my jersey. It’s not my name, as an individual. It doesn’t say PETE back there. It’s my family’s name. My family’s history! And I feel truly blessed by all the connections there.⁠
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My grandpa passed away before I made it to the bigs, but in so many ways I feel like he’s out there with me when I pull that jersey on and head out to first. He loved baseball — he’d tell me stories all the time about listening to Brooklyn Dodgers games on the radio back in the day — and I know he’d be so proud. Not just because his grandson made it to the show. But also because he made it to the show here. In this particular place.⁠
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He’d be so happy that there’s an Alonso out in Queens doing his thing at the ballpark.” https://t.co/QNzOqDDTsC

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| The Players' Tribune | @PlayersTribune | https://gondola.cc/PlayersTribune | Media Company |
| Angela Wang | @wangela_angela | https://gondola.cc/wangela_angela | Photo Editor |

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