The cases of outstanding fathers and sons in the world of sports have their representatives in the Dominican Republic.
Some have excelled in the same discipline. Others have differed in their preferences. Sometimes the parent dominates, at other times his descendant does.
The favorite example involves the family par excellence in Dominican baseball: the Rojas Alou.
In their midst are Felipe and Moisés Alou who “stick their heads out.”
With a total of 14 seasons in Major League Baseball, these Alous have more than 4,200 hits, 500 home runs and 750 doubles. Felipe was a manager for 14 years with Montreal and San Francisco. Moises was the general manager of the 2013 World Classic champion team.
Both were also successful in their respective roles with the Leones del Escogido in fall winter baseball.
In basketball appears the member of the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame, Tito Horford, the first Dominican to play in the NBA and his son Al Horford, owner of the best career for a native in the so-called best basketball in the world.
Tito is reputed as one of the best blocks in local basketball, an aspect that Al has inherited, but to which he has added better and refined skills for the sport of hoops and the ball.
The Guerrero make the list based on hits. Vladimir Guerrero Sr. is a Cooperstown Hall of Famer with 449 home runs, one of the greatest players in Montreal Expos franchise history and 2004 MVP with the Los Angeles Angels.
Guerrero Jr. follows in his footsteps. This year she joined his father as the only father-son combo to win All-Star home run derby titles, is already a Gold Glove winner at first base and one of the top players in the leagues today. Major leagues.
Elpidio Encarnación represented the Dominican Republic in the decathlon event at the XII Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 1974. He was in sixth place with an accumulated 6,112.
His son Edwin inherited the power and put it at the service of baseball. He finished his 16-year career with 424 home runs, crossed the 30 threshold eight times with six seasons of at least 100 RBIs and 1,261 overall.
In the bowling alley there is no other surname more prominent than Sebelén. Rolando and Rolando Antonio are the maximum expression of this entertaining sport, both winners of multiple medals, championships at all levels and with several perfect games to their credit.
Another crossover of sports occurred in the case of Gerardo Suero Correa and Gerardo Suero Castillo.
Suero Correa (athletics) was a specialist in the 100 meters with incursions in the Olympic, Pan American and Central American and Caribbean Games. Suero Castillo (basketball) is considered one of the most offensive players of all time with important appearances in the national team.
Those who did remain in the same discipline were the Javiers. Julián, Hall of Fame second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals and decisive in many championships with the Águilas Cibaeñas in local ball, like Stanley, who shone as a fine and productive hitter here, elegant fielder in center field and he was also seen with relative success in the Major Leagues.
The Prats also crossed paths: Franchie, from the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame, was an outstanding member of the national team, a fighter like the most, hard near the board that ended as an effective triplero. Alex, by his side, has established himself as one of the main bowlers in the country, winner, like his father, of gold medals at the Central American level.