Pete Alonso may keep fighting the good fight, but MLB does not sound inclined to change its stance.

Joe Torre, its chief baseball officer, said he doesn’t foresee MLB changing its rule on teams wearing commemorative hats during games — like the first-responder caps Alonso wanted the Mets to wear on Sept. 11, only to be denied by the league.

“We’re pretty stingy when it comes to allowing one team to do it, because it’s only fair to the other 29,” Torre said Sunday at Citi Field before the Mets and Dodgers played the rubber game of their series. “Anything that we allow, because unfortunately every day there’s something personal in every part of the country. We certainly are sensitive to it and we’ve allowed a lot of recognition of stuff that people have had to deal with.

“The only problem is — and obviously I’m sensitive to 9/11, there’s no question about it — but what’s not important to do something different?

“I don’t see it changing, really, in the future.”

After Alonso’s idea for custom 9/11 caps was turned down by MLB, he decided not to ask for approval on his second idea, which was having custom cleats designed for the Mets’ whole roster. The cleats had drawings of the New York City skyline with the date, insignias of the NYPD and FDNY and “We Will Never Forget” adorning them. Each player wore them for Wednesday’s game, which the Mets won 9-0 when they recorded 11 hits.

Alonso and the Mets were reportedly not fined or disciplined for violating MLB’s dress code, but they were prepared for the consequences if there were any.

“We have given them, over the years, a lot more freedom with the footwear,” said Torre, who was on hand to promote his Safe at Home Foundation, which raises awareness of domestic violence. “Again, we have no issues with patches and stuff. But as far as the uniform, we try to keep that consistent.”

The Astros were an apparent exception to the rule in July, when they wore alternative hats during the game that marked the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon. Torre said he thought the team only wore them during batting practice.

MLB has also allowed for different uniforms and caps on Players’ Weekend and holidays like July 4 and Memorial Day, but Sept. 11 has remained a day when the Mets can only wear NYPD and FDNY hats during batting practice.



Asked if there was some middle ground to be reached between the Mets and MLB, Torre said he could not “say never ever,” but it sounded unlikely to change.

“You know what, unless we do it with all the teams — because even though teams weren’t in New York, weren’t in Pennsylvania, Washington, everybody was affected,” said Torre, who was managing the Yankees on the day of the tragedy and spoke Sunday about how much it still touches home for him. “It was our country. Am I saying that at some point there won’t be something that would happen in and around that day? Like the Yankees were rained out, so they wanted to do stuff the next day. We’re very willing to consider it. I can’t say never ever.”

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