Yonder Alons-no
Well, so much for Miami Hurricanes uber-star Yonder Alonso coming to the Atlantic League. Some of you may have already heard about the Cincinatti Reds coming to terms with their No. 1 draft pick earlier this week.
During the holdout for that contract, there was a strong notion Alonso would keep himself in the swirl by signing on with the Long Island Ducks for a stint while crashing at the pad of old Coral Gables pal Alex Rodriguez in New York. As the man himself told the New York Post about his birthday dinner guest last month:
"He hits at my house every night, still does," Rodriguez said of left-handed hitting first baseman Rodriguez compared with a young Jason Giambi. "He was my shadow for four months during the winter."
Had Alonso made the move to Long Island, he likely would have supplanted at first base none other than ... Pete Rose Jr.
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