

For the first time in his MLB career, Pete Alonso rolled into New York City as part of a visiting team.Only, on Friday, he wasn't headed to his old Citi Field stomping grounds; he was headed to the Bronx as he and his Baltimore Orioles teammates took on the New York Yankees.And, right off the bat, Alonso knew he was back in the Big Apple, and that was all thanks to the city's trademark nightmare traffic.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Baltimore Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso made his return to New York City on Friday, only it wasn't against the Mets. (Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images)The Baltimore first baseman was asked about his emotions when he arrived back in town, and he went right to bagging on the traffic."We flew into Newark, and then, I'm like, 'We're definitely back because we hit an insufferable wall of traffic,'" Alonso told SNY. "So it was definitely (like), 'Yeah, alright, we're here. We're back; we are for sure back. This is unmistakably New York City.'"SNY's Michelle Margaux asked him if that meant Baltimore didn't have traffic."No, they do, just not an insufferable wall of traffic,"
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