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could hit and field well. But he said that truly

great players also mastered small details such

as bunting.

Manny’s mother supported him, too. But

Rosa Nunez worked two jobs and rarely got

to see Manny play. Manny knew his father

growing up, but his father

did not live with the family. MIAMI ROOTS

Rosa raised Manny and his Manny has known some
of his friends in MLB since
older sister Yasmine alone. he was a kid in Miami.

By the time he was a high He grew up near Albert
Almora. They are so close
school senior, Manny was that they each consider

one of the top prospects the other a cousin. Manny

is also close with Yonder
in baseball. He had an
Alonso. Alonso tried to
amazing batting average of get Manny to play for the

University of Miami. Manny
.639 that year, with 12 home
later married Alonso’s
runs and 68 runs batted in sister, Yainee.

(RBIs) in only 29 games.

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