Alonso fulfills HR Derby donation promise

Three oversized checks took up most of the stage Friday in the Citi Field press conference room. One was worth $1 million -- Pete Alonso’s prize for winning the T-Mobile Home Run Derby earlier this month.

The other two did not have to be there. There was no expectation for Alonso, whose regular salary is barely half the $1 million he won in the Derby, to donate any portion of his winnings. But Alonso decided to do so and made good on his promise Friday, giving $50,000 to the Wounded Warrior Foundation and $50,000 to Tunnel to Towers, a Staten Island non-profit that aids first responders and their families.