Felipe Alou Jr. continues legendary baseball tradition with Norfolk Tides
>> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. LET’S REWIND TIME. DID YOU KNOW THAT BACK IN 1963, A TRIO OF BROTHERS FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ALL STARTED IN THE SAME OUTFIELD FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS. IT WAS MADDIE FELIPE IN JESUS ALOU. IT’S ONLY HAPPENED ONCE IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY IN FAMILIES. BASEBALL IMPACT HAS CONTINUED TO BE FELT FOR GENERATIONS IN THE GAME, INCLUDING NOW IN NORFOLK. JAMES QATADA HAS THE STORY. ♪ >> A HISTORIC LEAGUE BASEBALL IS KNOWN AS AMERICA’S PASTIME, BUT LATIN AMERICAN PLAYERS ARE TAKING THE GAME OVER. ♪ ACCORDING TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, 30% OF THE PROS ARE LATIN AMERICAN. IT’S A NUMBER THAT’S DOUBLED SINCE 2000, BUT ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF LATIN MAJOR LEAGUERS WAS FELIPE ALOU HAILING FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. A LOOP LATE 16 YEARS. A MAJOR LEAGUE BALL STARTING IN THE 50’S NOW, NEARLY 70 YEARS LATER, THE ALOOF FAMILY TREE IS DISPERSED THROUGHOUT BASEBALL HISTORY FROM HIS BROTHERS, MATTY AND JESUS WHO SHARED THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS OUTFIELD WITH HIM IN 1963. TO HIS SON’S MOISES, A 6 TIME ALL-STAR LUIS OF FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE MANAGER AND HIS NAMESAKE FULLY BAY WHO IS HERE IN NORFOLK WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP YOUR TANK UP LIVING ORDER NOT ALL. >> FELIPE ALOU JUNIORS IN HIS FIRST SEASON AS A FUNDAMENTAL COACH WITH THE NORFOLK TIDES. 18TH SEASON IN THE ORIOLES ORGANIZATION AFTER RETIRING FROM HIS PLAYING CAREER IN 2003, A LUGE JUNIOR WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT TO THE DOMINICAN BASEBALL COMMISSIONER. AND OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS, HE’S MANAGE BOTH THE DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS AND ABERDEEN, IRON BIRDS. PAST OFFSEASON WITH. >> ALL THE MOVES REGARDING LIKE COACHING STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OTHER AFFILIATE COACHES, STAFF. AGAIN, WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. BUT NOW HE’S ALSO WORKING AS A TRANSLATOR FOR UP AND COMING. LATIN STARS SUCH AS OR YOU’LL STOP PROSPECTS A MULE BUS. WAS ONE OF 17 PRIMARILY FOR IN SPANISH SPEAKERS ON THE TIDES. YES OR NO IS THE MAIN REASON I STARTED MANAGING IN THE STATES THAT IT WAS OFFERED TO ME BECAUSE >> THAT PLAYERS ARE GOING TO START FLOWING THROUGH LEVELS. LATIN PLAYERS WITH, AS YOU MENTIONED, SOME BARRIERS. >> AND IT MADE IT EASY. IT’S A LONG LINEAGE OF BASEBALL HISTORY CONTINUED HERE IN HAMPTON ROADS, BUT IT LEWIS ALSO CONTINUING TO KNOCK DOWN THAT LANGUAGE BARRIER FOR RISING STARS LOOKING TO MAKE THEIR OWN
The Baltimore Orioles promoted former High-A Manager Felipe Alou Jr. to AAA Norfolk. He’s the latest in a long line of legendary Alou’s continuing to live out an historic lineage
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