Jesus Rojas Alou...Mateo Rojas Alou....Felipe Rojas Alou.

http://ramondiazdiaz.blogspot.com/2009/10/grandioso-homenaje-tres-grandes-de.html

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El deporte dominicano está de luto, ya que en la madrugada de este jueves falleció Mateo Alou, parte de la trilogía de hermanos que militó en las Grandes Ligas.

Rojas Alou fue traído al país la pasada semana en un avión ambulancia y de acuerdo a los informes, sufrió varios infartos en el trayecto a la República Dominicana.

Su cuerpo será velado en la funeraria Blandino, a partir de las 11:00 de la mañana.

Fuente: http://www.noticiassin.com/2011/11/fallece-la-estrella-del-beisbol-mateo-rojas-alou/

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El Matty, como también era conocido falleció luego de padecer de una larga enfermedad.

Fuente: http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=263323

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Mateo Rojas Alou
born Mateo Rojas Alou

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 22, 1938 in Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, D.R. (Age 72)
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DR)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1960
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Giants/Cardinals/Yankees/Padres/... 1960-1974

Final Game: June 21, 1974
Relatives: Brother of Felipe Alou, Brother of Jesus Alou, Cousin of Jose Sosa, Uncle of Moises Alou and Uncle of Mel Rojas


Source: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alouma01.shtml

Matty Alou, former Yankees and Giants outfielder from family of baseball players, dead at 72
Matty was part of all-sibling outfield in San Francisco
BY Anthony Mccarron
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Thursday, November 3 2011, 10:58 PM



/APMatty Alou is flanked by Jesus (l.) and Felipe as brothers shake on it before start of a 1963 game with the Mets at Polo Grounds.

Matty Alou, a one-time Yankee who with his two brothers formed baseball’s first all-sibling outfield while playing for the San Francisco Giants in 1963, died Thursday in his native Dominican Republic. He was 72.

The Giants, for whom Matty Alou played for from 1960-65, confirmed he died in the Dominican. The cause was diabetes complications, according to his former team in the DR, Leones del Escogido, The Associated Press reported.

Alou, a two-time All-Star and the 1966 National League batting champion, was one of the cornerstones of a remarkable baseball family. He and his brothers Felipe and Jesus became the first trio of brothers to bat in the same halfinning in the majors in 1963 and Matty Alou was uncle to Moises Alou, Felipe’s son, and former pitcher Mel Rojas. Jose Sosa, a former pitcher, was his cousin.

“It’s a very sad day,” Moises Alou said in a telephone interview. “He’s been sick for a couple of years. We’ve had a lot of support from everybody in the Dominican. I’m at the funeral home now and there are a lot of players and ex-players stopping by, offering condolences.

“Matty, my dad and Jesus, they are very popular in the Dominican Republic,” the former Met continued.

“I’ve always been very thankful being part of this family. I’m very proud of my grandmother - imagine having three sons play in the same outfield."

Matty Alou played for six teams - the Giants, Pirates, Athletics, Cardinals, Yankees and Padres - in his 15-year career in the majors and later played in Japan. He and Felipe Alou finished 1-2 in the 1966 batting race, with Matty, who was on the Pirates, outpacing his older brother, .342-.327.

Matty Alou batted at least .331 from 1966-69 for the Pirates and finished with a lifetime .307 average. He and Felipe were both on the 1973 Yankees and Matty hit .296 in 123 games before being sold to the Cardinals in September.

Ron Blomberg, another member of the ’73 Yanks, recalled crowding around the batting cage with teammates to watch Matty Alou take batting practice.

“He held his bat straight up and hit everything,” Blomberg said in a phone interview. “He always got talked about like Yogi (Berra), because he was such a bad-ball hitter.

“He was a smaller guy, but what a contact hitter. You just knew he was going to get on base. He was a wonderful teammate, too, a gentleman.”

One of Matty Alou’s most memorable moments came as a member of the Giants, a team he later worked for, in the 1962 World Series against the Yankees. He bunted for a single to start the ninth inning of Game 7 and was held at third after a Willie Mays’ double with the Giants trailing 1-0.

In 2007, Alou told the Daily News he didn’t think he could’ve scored on the play. Willie McCovey later hit his famous scorching liner that nestled in Bobby Richardson’s glove and the Giants lost the Series.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/matty-alou-yankees-giants-outfielder-family-baseball-players-dead-72-article-1.972056?localLinksEnabled=false

The Polo Grounds? I remember. Now there are orjects there,

Rest in peace, bro!

My respect to the family.