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2 unusual facts about Alex Carrasquel


Alex Carrasquel

Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler sought a lifetime suspension for them, but his penalty was later reduced.

Estadio Latinoamericano

The Venezuelan Alejandro Carrasquel, who played for the Washington Senators in the Major League, threw the first pitch of the game.


Chico Carrasquel

Carrasquel joined the White Sox in 1950, becoming the third Venezuelan to play in Major League Baseball after his uncle, Alex Carrasquel (Washington Senators, 1939) and Chucho Ramos (Cincinnati Reds, in 1944).


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