Jesus Alou, 80, died earlier this week He was one of the early Dominicans to play for a major league baseball team. He and his brothers Matty and Felipe were all in the Giants’ outfield on September 15, 1963, the only time three brothers played for the same team at the same time.
When Jesus Alou began his career, a number of sports announcers were flummoxed by his name. Latino ball players were a rarity in the early 60’s, and the announcers did not know the Spanish pronunciation of Jesus. Could they really say “Jesus strikes out” on a radio or TV broadcast? They quickly learned.
I once saw some funny graffiti in a toilet stall on the U.S. Berkeley campus. Somebody had written, “Jesus saves.” Below that someone else wrote, “But Felipe is the better hitter.”
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