NEW YORK -- Alan Alcantara played a lot of baseball growing up in the Dominican Republic, sometimes without a glove.
When the Mets' Starling Marte ripped a home run in Alcantara's direction at Citi Field on Tuesday night, it didn't matter that he was holding his 1-year-old son, Levi. Alcantara had a free hand, and that's all he needed.
The 31-year-old Alcantara reached over a railing from his seats in center field and caught the first-inning homer barehanded, all the while cradling little Levi with his other arm.
"I knew I was not going to have time to put the baby down," Alcantara told The Associated Press.