PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. _ Mic'd up Mets star first baseman Pete Alonso was entertaining an ESPN audience Wednesday when his former Florida Gators teammate approached the plate for a second-inning at-bat against All-Star starter Marcus Stroman.
"If he gets over here I'm going to give him hell," Alonso told the ESPN broadcast about Cardinals center fielder Harrison Bader. "Oh boy, he knows he's getting that. He just (bleeping) smiled at me."
Bader did smile when he later found out about Alonso's jab, but said he wasn't aware of it in the moment.
