Today we publish in Listín Diario a small report dedicated to Felipe Rojas Jr., one of Felipe’s sons, the patriarch of the Rojas Alou.
Why do the surnames Rojas and Alou flow in both directions? Because all of Felipe’s children should be Rojas, but not necessarily Rojas Alou. He has had children by three wives and that is why that circumstance occurs.
Moisés, the oldest, is the son of María Beltré, Felipe’s first wife. Then Felipe would have as a partner Elsa Brens, the mother of Luis and Felipón and finally married Mrs. Lucie Cagnon, a native of the state of Quebec, in Canada. In total, according to records in the networks, Felipe has had 9 children (4 females, 5 males). Some of them have remained in baseball and continue to work, such as the cases of Moisés, Felipón and Luis.
What does this mean? That the different groups of Felipe’s children could be Rojas Beltré, Rojas Brens and Rojas Cagnon (making the adaptation to the Dominican because that custom does not exist in Canada or the USA).
Alex Luna, the author of the report, says that Felipón has joined the “Royal Family” of Dominican baseball, that is, the Rojas Alou. Some of its members have stayed with the Alou surname only, like Moisés, but that is not open to criticism. Also in sports, as in show business and other lines of life, some artistic accommodations are worth.
I must not leave out Felipe’s brothers, Mateo and Jesús, who were also pioneers among the first Dominicans in the Major Leagues with notable achievements. In fact, Mateo was the first Creole to win a batting title, in 1966 with a .342 average for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
And there are also the stories of nephews, such as Mel Rojas Sr. and Mel Rojas Jr., the latter being an asset. The case is interesting, worthy of being studied in depth. We have had other families, like the Pérez de Nigua.
Dedicated to the Licey, read the following twit from colleague José Monegro, director of the newspaper El Día: "The @TigresdelLicey directive abuses the fanatic and encourages the mafia on the black market. That alone explains why it has resisted selling the ticket office electronically like other teams do. NOTE: I personally have my season tickets".
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