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Charles Curtis

Pete Alonso’s ‘Throw it again!’ taunt to Braves got thrown back in his face by Tyler Matzek

This sometimes happens with trash talk.

You chirp at an opponent, it’s a great piece of taunting … but then it completely backfires.

That was the case for Pete Alonso on Tuesday night. After hitting a mammoth home run off Bryce Elder against the Atlanta Braves, cameras and mics caught him yelling, “THROW IT AGAIN! THROW IT AGAIN, PLEASE!” at Elder. Whew!

Good taunt! Except that … when the Mets’ Drew Smith threw a slider that led to Marcell Ozuna tying the game, Braves pitcher Tyler Matzek yelled something from the dugout.

Want to guess what that was?

Yep, that whole thing backfired:

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