COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — His baseball beginnings trace back before the Florida state championship at South Dade High in 2014. Further back than the King of Swat home-run record he smashed as a 10-year-old at Cooperstown. In fact, Alek Manoah’s baseball origin traces all the way back to the womb, when his mom was pregnant during the Marlins’ World Series parade in 1997.
“I was out there with my seven-month belly trying to get pictures and video,” Susana Lluch said.
No wonder her son grew up constantly bothering A.J. Burnett and Josh Becket during BP.