He was having Thanksgiving dinner when, as looked around the table, it suddenly dawned on him that everyone — everyone except himself, Fredi Gonzalez — was attending college or held a degree from one.
The family gathering included his wife and her daughters.
“I’m sitting there thinking that I’ve been pretty successful,” said Gonzalez, who managed the Marlins and Braves at one time and is now a Marlins coach. “But I don’t have a degree.”
Gonzalez’s two children from his previous marriage had graduated college. So had his mother, who not only earned a degree while living in Cuba, but earned a second at Biscayne College (which turned into St.