This summer, Ramirez's son, Manny Jr., is playing for the Brockton Rox, a collegiate summer baseball team. Also on the team? Ortiz's son, D'Angelo Ortiz; Pedro Martinez Jr.; Gary Sheffield's son, Jaden Sheffield; and Keith Foulke's son, Kade Foulke.
(courtesy of MLB.com)
Obviously, there have been second and third generation baseball players for a long time - sometimes sons of stars who outshine their fathers, like Griffey, Jr. or Barry Bonds before his career got derailed. Watching the current crop of Blue Jays is certainly exciting.
But if those Brockton players are at all up to their parents' caliber, they may bring it to a new level. I might take a trip down to watch them! It's only about a 90 minute trip. Wish I'd thought about this yesterday - today's a double-header!
(Mind you, right now they are in the cellar of their group. Maybe I will wait until they are only 30 minutes away, in Nashua.)