The recent news of him allegedly having full blown AIDS and his ex-girlfriend suing him has intrigued me...
The way his baseball career was going he was a shoo-in for 3000 hits and once he was traded to the Mets for the 2002 season @ age 34, his career went into the tank...
He was out of baseball by age 37. In this day and age, 37 is young to be out of baseball, especially with the dollars that can be made, even in this economy.
Alomar finished with 2724 hits and a .300 batting average. He's now 41 years old. Hell, there are a lot of plus 40 major league players...
He was with the Mets in 2002 when then manager Bobby Valentine in an interview with Detail magazine alluded to the fact that MLB could be ready for an openly gay player. And there was speculation that a certain New York Met @ that time was ready to come out of the closet.
Most thought it was Mike Piazza. Now, it is rumored to be Roberto Alomar.
In the infamous spitting incident, it is almost common knowledge that the umpire called Alomar a fag provoking him to spit @ the umpire who I will not name.
How Alomar's skills eroded in such a rapid fashion puzzles me to this day? Was he suffering from AIDS during this time period? I really want to know?
They say 10% of the population is gay, therefore 10% of players in sports should be gay. I don't buy that theory. I'm sure there are gay athletes in the NFL, NBA, and MLB, but not in the 10% area. Homosexuals are usually weeded out of athletics by high school. I remember more than a few kids in my high school suspected to be gay and they didn't participate in sports.
I'm curious to see the news coming out about Alomar in the future.
He may have Hall of Fame credentials, but we'll just see how the voters view him when he's eligible in 2010?
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