Mets slugger Pete Alonso is wearing some intimidating polar bear cleats for All-Star Week
Pete Alonso has been swatting homers at a prodigious rate for the Mets for the past few months. The rookie has put himself on the map in a big way, and his platform will be elevated even higher this week as he partakes in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby and All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
Along with his larger-than-life personality and awe-inspiring blasts comes a great nickname: The Polar Bear. Alonso has that nickname because, well, he's very strong, just like a polar bear.
With that in mind, enjoy this look at Alonso's custom polar bear cleats that he was gifted just in time for the week's events:
Those cleats, matched with this quote ...
Here's Pete Alonso on his approach to the Home Run Derby: "Basically it doesn’t matter how much jelly you have in the jar, it’s about how well you spread it on your English muffin." Words to live by ... maybe?
— Tyler Kepner (@TylerKepner) July 8, 2019
... and a Derby win?
It's Pete Alonso's world, we're all just living in it.
