{"id":714,"date":"2007-07-04T18:16:41","date_gmt":"2007-07-04T18:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/?p=714"},"modified":"2013-11-30T18:17:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T18:17:38","slug":"alo-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=714","title":{"rendered":"Alo-More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran catcher\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/alomar-sandy-jr\"><strong>Sandy Alomar Jr.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was in the dugout during last night\u2019s debacle in Denver and wearing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/number\/19\"><strong>No. 19.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Alomar had been recalled from AAA after\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/vargas-jason\"><strong>Jason Vargas 43<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>was whacked following his revolting outing on Tuesday. Alomar is expected to last at least until Sunday when it is anticipated the Mets will recall\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/williams-dave\"><strong>Dave Williams\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>to take the turn in Houston initially scheduled for Vargas. Williams threw, fairly effectively, for the Mets last season wearing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/number\/32\"><strong>No. 32.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for Alomar, he becomes the second No. 19 this season (disgraced reliever\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/urdaneta-lino\"><strong>Lino Urdaneta<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was the first) and the third member of the Alomar Clan to play for the Mets. Brother\u00a0<strong>Roberto<\/strong>\u00a0began the decline phase of his career here wearing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/number\/12\"><strong>No. 12<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and their father,\u00a0<strong>Sandy Sr.<\/strong>, was a reserve infielder for the Mets in the first few weeks of 1967 (wearing\u00a0<strong>No. 5<\/strong>); and has served as a coach since 2005 (wearing\u00a0<strong>No. 2<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>The Alomars now match the extended Alou clan\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/alou-moises\">(<strong>Moises Alou 18<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0his uncle\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/alou-jesus\"><strong>Jesus Alou 25<\/strong><\/a>, and cousin\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mbtn.net\/player\/rojas-mel\"><strong>Mel Rojas 51<\/strong><\/a>) as the Metliest families we know of.<\/p>\n<p>Comment feature is working!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran catcher\u00a0Sandy Alomar Jr.\u00a0was in the dugout during last night\u2019s debacle in Denver and wearing\u00a0No. 19.\u00a0Alomar had been recalled from AAA after\u00a0Jason Vargas 43\u00a0was whacked following his revolting outing on Tuesday. Alomar is expected to last at least until Sunday when it is anticipated the Mets will recall\u00a0Dave Williams\u00a0to take the turn in Houston initially &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alo-More&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[301,315,316,277,46,282],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jesus-alou","tag-lino-urdaneta","tag-mel-rojas","tag-moises-alou","tag-roberto-alomar","tag-sandy-alomar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}