Roberto Alomar Research Paper

A Padre To All Roberto Alomar is known today as one of the best second basemen to ever play the game of baseball. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, but moved to Salinas at a young age. Roberto started playing baseball and had an incredible natural talent. His father, Sandy Sr., was a professional baseball player and played for fifteen different teams in his career. Roberto also had a younger brother who ended up playing catcher in the MLB. Roberto ended his professional career with a batting average of .300, compared to a current league average of .244, his average was extremely impressive. Even though Roberto had some low points in his career, his outstanding accomplishments

Alomar's girlfriend, Ilya Dall sued him and requested fifteen million dollars. Around a month later Ilya withdrew her lawsuit after discovering that she did not have AIDS. In 2010 his wife, Maria Alomar called the police and accused Roberto of threatening her with a knife and forcefully shoving her against a wall. Alomar was forced to stay 500 feet away from Maria at all times until the hearing on August 13th. A few days after the incident Alomar's agent released a statement saying “Mr. Alomar looks forward to his day in court, where he is certain the truth will emerge.” Alomar was found innocent and was not arrested. A few years later he was eligible for the MLB hall of fame. The first time he did not get inducted by eight votes and most suspect this was because of the spitting incident back in 1996. Then one year later, in 2011 he was inducted into the hall of fame and had his number retired. Today he is living in Toronto married to his wife, Kim Perks. He is running his company Alomar Baseball which supplies high-quality gear and organizing camps to get kids excited about baseball. Most recently Alomar has started a non-profit called Foundation 12 which is raising money for Puerto Rican families affected in his old