Topic: Roberto Alomar

Alomar hears cheers again as his number is retired

TORONTO (Reuters) - It seemed like old times at the Rogers Center on Sunday with a packed house on its feet cheering for Roberto Alomar.The Gold Glove second baseman has not played in the majors since 2004 and it has been 16 ...

Hall of Fame welcomes Blyleven, Alomar

Roberto Alomar became the third Puerto Rican player enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, cheered on by compatriots in a crowd dotted with Puerto Rican flags."I always played for my island," said Alomar, who spoke first in Spanish and ...

Blyleven, Alomar headed to Hall

Bert Blyleven, the first player born in the Netherlands to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, says his Dutch heritage helped him earn the honor."I'm Dutch, I'm stubborn. I think it's the stubbornness, the consistency. You take the good with ...

2011 Hall of Fame vote an international affair

NEW YORK (Reuters) - This year's Baseball Hall of Fame vote took on a distinctly international tone with the election of Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven, who tried on their Cooperstown jerseys at a news conference on Thursday.Alomar, who played for seven ...
I never played second base in little league because I was just too scared, plus too tall and powerful. Roberto Alomar is not only considered one of the best second baseman in Major League history, he also won the second most Sliver ...

Cleveland Indians Roster

In Major League Baseball , the rules state that the Cleveland Indians and all other clubs must have a 25-man roster. This consists of pitchers, infielders, outfields, and, in the American League , the designated hitter. The Cleveland Indians work with a ...

Toronto Blue Jays Playoffs

Canada ?s only remaining professional baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays entered the Major League of Baseball as an expansion team in the 1977 season. In 1991 the Jays acquired players Joe Carter , Roberto Alomar and Devon White , who would ...

Sandy Alomar

Sandy Alomar is a former MLB player who played his last game on September 20, 2007. Alomar, Jr. is the son of Sandy Alomar, Sr. and brother of former second baseman Roberto Alomar . Alomar became an every-day catcher in 1999 when ...

1996 Baseball Season

The 1996 baseball season opened with tragedy and ended in shame. Bobby Cox then took his team into Yankee Stadium and likewise embarrassed the Yankees, winning the first two games of the 1996 World Series by a combined 16-1 count. In game ...

Dawson elected to Hall of Fame

Eight-time All-Star outfielder Andre Dawson was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday in his ninth try, but Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fell shy of the honor.Dawson, one of only three players - along with Barry Bonds and Willie Mays ...
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