Alou days

It's Alou days until Opening Day

 

 



That's Matty and Moisés of the baseball Alous, six of whom played and/or coached in MLB.

 

Matty had an unremarkable career but he did hit .342 in 1966 and racked up 231 hits and 41 doubles in 1969.

 

Moisés, Matty's nephew, had a nice career. He played for a long time, until he was 41. He ended up with 2,134 hits and 332 homers. He didn't wear batting gloves; according to this old ESPN article he used to pee on his hands to "harden his hands and prevent calluses."  

 

Moisés is also remembered for being involved in a small incident with a fan while playing for the Cubs during the 2003 NLCS.