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MLB slugger clubs two HRs for son's first birthday – icing the cake on special year

BALTIMORE – The season has turned into a slog for the Baltimore Orioles , playoff elimination imminent, roster deficiencies obvious, a second consecutive losing season loading. Pete Alonso seems impervious to it all. When his ballclub seems to find only failure and brick walls, Alonso finds joy. Take this 21st night of September, when the Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays gathered in front of 12,057 fans who waited out a 47-minute Monday night rain delay to watch a pair of dead teams walking.

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Scoop News DeskArizona · Published Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 2:51 AM UTCUpdated Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 7:37 AM UTC

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1 dead — Yordan Alvarez And it was the icing on the cake of an emotional, transformative year for the Polar Bear: Becoming a father, leaving the New York Mets , tasked with carrying a franchise that had never passed out a free agent contract that large, oh, and go ahead and crank out 40 homers and 100 RBIs in almost metronomic fashion.

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