YOKOHAMA — Former Chicago White Sox prospect Eddy Alvarez made history Saturday, becoming the third U.S. athlete to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Games.
The Sox signed Alvarez to a minor-league contract in June 2014, just a few months after he won silver as part of the 5,000-meter short-track speedskating relay team in Sochi. He tucked the medal away in a safety deposit box at the bank when he got home — “My mom is a safe keeper,” he said — and assumed he would never compete at another Olympics.
Alvarez, who also was the co-U.