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<p>NEW YORK &#8212; Mets slugger Pete Alonso visited the National September 11 Memorial &amp; Museum on Tuesday to donate the custom first-responder cleats and baseball bat he used in a game on Sept. 11. </p><p>Alonso presented the equipment to museum President Alice M. Greenwald. He says &#8220;it means the world&#8221; that the memorial wanted the gear for its permanent collection.</p><p>The 24-year-old rookie surprised his teammates with customized spikes to wear during a game against Arizona on the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. He spent weeks jotting down their shoe sizes, preferred brands and styles, then hired a company to paint them red, white and blue with lettering for first-responder units. New York beat the Diamondbacks 9-0 with 11 hits.</p><p>Alonso, the favorite to win NL Rookie of the Year after leading the majors with a rookie-record 53 home runs, initially asked Major League Baseball if he could have hats designed for the game. The league hasn&#8217;t permitted the Mets to wear first-responder hats since 2001, and it rejected Alonso&#8217;s proposal. Alonso did not contact MLB about the cleats, fearing more red tape might get in the way.</p><p>Alonso said Tuesday he hopes to make the 9/11 spikes a yearly thing.</p><style>
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Mets’ Alonso donates customized cleats to 9/11 museum