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    Mets, Pete Alonso go crazy in champagne celebration with bizarre ‘playoff pumpkin’

    By Andrew Battifarano,

    12 hours ago

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    The Mets were popping the bubbly in Brew City on Thursday night — and had an extra good-luck charm.

    After a come-from-behind win for the ages, the Mets went nuts in the clubhouse, popping champagne in the revelry of it all as they clinched a spot in the NLDS after a wild 4-2 win over the Brewers.

    Pete Alonso, the Game 3 hero with a dramatic three-run homer to put the Mets up in the top of the ninth, was at the center of it all with an unusual piece of playoff lore.

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    The Mets’ Pete Alonso celebrates with the pumpkin he picked with his wife. Jason Szenes / New York Post
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    The Mets’ Pete Alonso celebrates with the pumpkin he picked with his wife. Jason Szenes / New York Post

    A Wisconsin pumpkin.

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    Alonso, while talking to reporters in the raucous scene in the visitors’ clubhouse at American Family Field, explained he had picked a pumpkin this week in the lead-up to what was a thrilling series with the Brewers.

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    The Mets went wild in the clubhouse after the win. Jason Szenes / New York Post

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    Francisco Lindor was all smiles after the Mets’ win. Jason Szenes / New York Post
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    The bubbly was flowing in the Mets’ clubhouse. Jason Szenes / New York Post

    “Nothing is more fall than playoff baseball and pumpkins,” Alonso said, who went pumpkin picking with his wife, Haley, at a farm about 25-30 minutes outside of the city.

    Manager Carlos Mendoza, who won his first playoff series as a big-league manager, also gave a rousing speech amid a lull in the chaos.

    “We keep having fun, we keep smiling, this is us right here!” Mendoza said. “And we continue to believe — let’s go!”

    The skipper then joined in on the fun by spraying champagne in the jubilant scene.

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