We’ve all found ourselves in a situation where we’ve had to rush to the restroom.
It’s just that, in most cases, it doesn’t happen in the middle of an at-bat in a Major League Baseball game.
That’s nightmare situation apparently happened to New York Mets star first baseman Pete Alonso during a game against the Cincinnati Reds on May 10 at Great American Ballpark.
In an interview with Foul Territory, Alonso said he “mistimed” his pregame coffee.
“Middle of the first inning, I’m like, ‘goodness gracious, this is not good,'” he said.
Alonso then came to the plate in the top of the second, and the situation was really becoming dire.
“I said, ‘I don’t care where this pitch is, this at-bat is ending first pitch because I need to go,” Alonso said.
Luckily for the slugger and the Mets, that first pitch was a hanging slider that, to put it in Alonso’s own words, was “deposited in the seats.'”
That was one of his MLB-leading 19 homers this season, but unlike the others, this one wasn’t followed by high-fives from his teammates or a celebration at the plate. In case it wasn’t clear how uncomfortable he was, just look at the photo above from Alonso’s ensuing home run trot.
“As soon as I touch home plate, it’s straight to the bathroom.”
Pete Alonso had no choice but to swing at a first pitch because he had to poop so bad after a poorly timed pregame coffee.
That swing? Home run. Then STRAIGHT to the bathroom. 💀
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— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) May 26, 2023
It was the best-case scenario for Alonso, and he said he’s not sure what he would have done if he had to become a base-runner, even saying that he may have opted to get himself picked off on purpose.
One thing’s for certain, though: Alonso made the most of a potentially dire (yet hilarious) situation.
