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Amarista Alexi is on the trail of Pompey Davalillo

The former coach bigleaguer Zulia is the shortest on record, excluding the midget Eddie Gaedel. But the tiny anzoatiguense surprised. And did something that no Venezuelan had achieved: three in his debut push

Amarista Alexi's stature in the records of the Angels says the infielder anzoatiguense measured 1.72 meters. But the media guide of the Caribbean, his team in Venezuela, offers a figure closer to reality, by specifying that only has 167 feet from head to toe.

There is something that no one disagrees, regarding the new Venezuelan grandeliga: it is so small as a good hitter.

"is a player of small stature, but always played great," manager Mike Scioscia smiled, according to The Associated Press . And the star Torii Hunter added: "It's the smallest slugger ever seen in my life, knows how to play baseball."

Scioscia and Hunter have reason to bombast. Love, after all, was released on Tuesday with a double and three RBIs.

Only 70 players have pushed three lines in the play of his debut in the majors, counting from 1919, according to Baseball Reference .

Only 26 have achieved that combination of a double and three trailers on the day of his debut. No native
had succeeded. Amara, in fact, became the first Venezuelan to a trio of RBIs on the day of graduation. Pompey

Davalillo is the native bigleaguer shortest on record, except for Eddie Gaedel, the dwarf who took a turn with the Carmelites of St. Louis in 1951 as a stroke of promotional effect. Davalillo
is recorded with 1.60 meters in height, during his tenure with the Washington Senators in 1953.

Bob Emmerich, Jess Cortazzo, Stubby Magner and Mike McCormack, who played between 1904 and 1923 had the same size as the former infielder Zulia.

Gaedel, for those who have doubt, measured 1.09. Took a walk with four pitches, so small was his strike zone. After his impressive debut, the commissioner of major league players as tiny barred from taking part in professional baseball.

Davalillo as Gaedel, not returned for a second season, but made a long career in Venezuela, as a player and then as a coach. Amarista

just beginning their journey. It is all optimism. Was released so that the portal Orange County Register published a poll yesterday to ask the public for the achievements that could earn the top rookie of the organization. Does the Herculean goal of native Barcelona in the survey? It is this: "You can get 3,000 hits?".

"He comes to play in a very tough circuit, back in his country, and in the last two years has done very well," Scioscia said. "It's going to put the ball in play and, hopefully, give us a boost."

A giant boost hopes the quarterback.

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height Alexi If love is the Caribbean are saying, this is the shortest grandeliga the moment. Baseball Reference, to whom Amarista measured 172 centimeters, located to the pitcher Danny Herrera in place with 1 meter 67, as the Venezuelan precisely according to local records

Posted in El Nacional, on Thursday, April 28, 2011.