Alonso pushes Mets past Pirates 4-3
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Bayer Leverkusen's Xabi Alonso bids farewell to fans
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The New York Mets are looking like serious contenders in the National League. However, they will face a big decision this offseason.
Often for the Mets, the first six innings of a game tend not to matter. It’s not as if the Mets are bad early in games. (They’re not.) It’s just that from the seventh inning onward, they turn into a juggernaut.
Real Madrid, if they were not already in it, were launched into planning mode by defeat in El Clasico on Sunday, ending their slim hopes of retaining La Liga this season. Carlo Ancelotti has already
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Alonso, 30, has already surpassed his Fangraphs WAR (2.3 to 2.2) from last year, and he’s close to matching his Baseball Reference WAR (2.6 to 2.2). Last season, he hit .240 with a 123 OPS+, 34 home runs and 88 RBI.
Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said an announcement on his future was "not too far" away after he bid an emotional goodbye following his final home match with the club on Sunday.The 43-year-old was presented with a 'Xabi Alonso Allee' street sign by club CEO Fernando Carro before Sunday's match.
Despite winning two world championships in the early 2000s, Fernando Alonso has now been winless in F1 since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix