MILWAUKEE -- Like a vicious one-two punch, Hurricanes Irma and Maria slammed into the U.S. Virgin Islands this month, leaving in their wake vast damage that literally hit home for Brewers right fielder Domingo Santana.
Santana spent much of his childhood in picturesque St. Thomas, where his father, a former professional ballplayer by the same name, still resides. Before Thursday's series opener against the Cubs, Santana said he has been in near-daily contact with his dad, who weathered the storms safely but is without power and busy cleaning up significant property damage.
"Everybody in St.