FAITH, FAMILY HELP ALCÁNTARA’S MAJOR LEAGUE ASCENT

La Vida Baseball
BY ANDY MARTINEZ

There was a lot on Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcántara’s plate as he worked his way to the majors. Like any other minor leaguer, he had training sessions, games and bus rides for road trips.
Unlike other minor leaguers, though, he also had another commitment.

Alcántara and his fellow Latino players with the Class AA Springfield Cardinals had regular English lessons. The hard-throwing righthander and his teammates would take a bus to their classes. One day, though, Alcántara and his teammates got in a bit of trouble.

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