Cookie Rojas---1971
Selected to five All-Star Squads, but
playing in just four Mid-Summer
Classics; Cookie Rojas collected only
one hit in four plate appearances...
but he sure made it count.
Never the sexy choice at second
base (maybe it was because of his
glasses), Rojas backed up
Minnesota's Rod Carew on four
occasions for the American League
Squad.
A strong glove man at the keystone
sack and a pesky contact hitter;
Rojas delivered a pinch-hit, two-run
home run off Montreal's Bill
Stoneman in the 8th inning of the
1972 All-Star Game at Atlanta-Fulton
County Stadium. The drive barely
cleared the fence as a leaping Billy
Williams tried in vain to snag the
drive that would give the American
League team a short-lived 3-2
advantage. The NL eventually won
the game, 4-3, in 10 innings.
The native Cuban would connect on
just 54 long balls during his 16-year
major league career; but none was
bigger than his All-Star blast.
(6/28/08)
playing in just four Mid-Summer
Classics; Cookie Rojas collected only
one hit in four plate appearances...
but he sure made it count.
Never the sexy choice at second
base (maybe it was because of his
glasses), Rojas backed up
Minnesota's Rod Carew on four
occasions for the American League
Squad.
A strong glove man at the keystone
sack and a pesky contact hitter;
Rojas delivered a pinch-hit, two-run
home run off Montreal's Bill
Stoneman in the 8th inning of the
1972 All-Star Game at Atlanta-Fulton
County Stadium. The drive barely
cleared the fence as a leaping Billy
Williams tried in vain to snag the
drive that would give the American
League team a short-lived 3-2
advantage. The NL eventually won
the game, 4-3, in 10 innings.
The native Cuban would connect on
just 54 long balls during his 16-year
major league career; but none was
bigger than his All-Star blast.
(6/28/08)
