CARACAS – On August 27, to coincide with “Veterans’ Day”, the New York Mets will pay tribute to two Venezuelan “peloteros”: Edgardo Alfonso and Endy Chavez. The news was made known by the team of the “Big Apple” with a press release.
In addition to the two Venezuelan players, personalities of the caliber of Terry Collins, Bartolo Colón, Howard Johnson, José Reyes, Daniel Murphy, the Italian-American Mike Piazza (player and coach of the Italian national baseball team in the World Baseball CLasic), and others.
Veterans’ day has always been highly anticipated by fans who want to see the champions who defended their favorite team’s jersey again.
Edgardo Alfonso, played 8 seasons with the Mets between 1995 and 2002. During his stay in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty he established a batting average of 292 with 120 home runs, 212 doubles and 538 teammates scored in 1,086 matches. .
For his part, Endy Chavez played with the Mets between 2006 and 2008 playing 337 games with a batting average of 288 with 6 home runs, 39 doubles, 9 triple and 71 teammates sent for points.
(by Fioravante De Simone / Caracas editorial staff)
