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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Sunday, May 29, 2005

Danny Almonte

Ever wonder what happened to Danny Almonte, the Little League pitcher from the Dominican Republic who dominated the 2001 Little League World Series only to find out later that he was actually 14 and not 12? I did, so I Googled him to see what I could find. Turns out he's recently relocated to Miami's American High School and is now playing for the Florida Bombers, an 18-and-under Connie Mack team which boasts alumni such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Manny Ramirez. Before moving, Almonte pitched at NYC's James Monroe High School dominating NY high school baseball, going 8-0 with 77 strikeouts and an ERA below 1.40 in 2004. To top that off he also hit near .500 with five home runs. Almonte's is hoping to be picked in next year's MLB draft, so we may yet see him in a major league uniform one day.

posted by Jamie at 11:00 PM

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey smarty pants Almonte was from the bronx hense the team location MID ATLANTIC. Get your shit strait.

8:18 PM

 
Blogger Jamie said...

Almonte was pitching for the Bronx team, but he was born in the Dominican and then moved to the U.S.

8:51 PM

 
Blogger Jamie said...

UPDATE: Almonte went undrafted in the MLB draft this year. I was curious what happened after that so I poked around a bit and found this ESPN article which indicates he's headed to New Mexico Junior College. He's not on their roster yet, but I guess we'll see him show up on there at some point.

2:07 AM

 

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