A quick glance at a Brockton Rox roster first elicits some inevitable eyebrow-raising, then some tapping on a friend’s shoulder, followed by some incessant googling before the first pitch.
D’Angelo Ortiz. Manny Ramirez Jr. Pedro Martinez Jr. Kade Foulke. Jaden Sheffield.
All on the same team? How could that be?
At first, it seems like an elaborate ruse or a celebrity All-Star game with some misspelled first names. The reality, though, is that they’re the sons of five Major League stars — including four members of the 2004 Red Sox World Series team — working relentlessly to carve out their own legacies in baseball and beyond.