Pete Alonso safely hit home run no. 42 while being protected by this batting helmet. Enjoy these photos of what the Polar Bear was wearing when he set the Mets single-season home run record.

The 2019 season was a whirlwind for the 24-year-old rookie. Pete Alonso played in 161 of New York’s 162 games that season which meant it was important for the first baseman to slow down sometimes and ...

Mickey Callaway took over as manager in 2018, overseeing a hoard of Mets talent. Jacob deGrom won the NL Cy Young Award, and young players such as Amed Rosario and Michael Conforto led the team in hit ...

It’s hard to keep track of how many records Pete Alonso broke his rookie year. This fist pump came after his 39th blast of the season, which tied the NL rookie single-season home run record set by Cod ...

Twenty-game-winners are rare in modern baseball, but R.A. Dickey proved himself equal to the task, winning his 20th at Citi Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 27, 2012.

Fans gave Mike Piazza a standing ovation during his jersey retirement ceremony at Citi Field. Piazza’s no. 31 was the fifth number in franchise history to be retired, along with those of Casey Stengel ...

Pete Alonso may be a power hitter, but he can also work the count. On September 28, 2019, he took a pitch thrown by Atlanta Braves hurler Mike Foltynewicz for a ball in the 1st inning. During his next ...

Johan Santana is forever part of Mets history. After a successful stint with the Minnesota Twins, the two-time Cy Young Award winner joined the Mets in 2008. He posted a career-best 2.53 ERA that seas ...

Of COURSE the Mets retired Tom Seaver’s no. 41. He was “The Franchise,” after all. But the Mets went a step further in 2019 and gave him a street. Citi Field now sits at 41 Seaver Way, honoring the Ha ...

In the middle of his pitching career, Tom Seaver told his family that after baseball he would “go back to California and grow grapes” to make wine. In 1998, Seaver and his wife, Nancy, did just that w ...