Mets' Sean Manaea meets 'childhood hero' Johan Santana
Santana was in Mets camp over the weekend as a guest instructor at the invitation of manager Carlos Mendoza, who knows the former Mets and Twins pitcher from Venezuelan baseball circles. Mendoza recently learned via the team’s social-media accounts that Santana was Manaea’s favorite back in the day, and he made the introduction happen.
Mets legend Johan Santana surprises pitcher who idolized him: He’s ‘my first baseball hero’
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Mets left-hander Sean Manaea was having breakfast at Clover Park on Saturday when he looked up and saw Johan Santana, who he describes as his “first true baseball hero,” standing there. “He shook my hand,” Manaea told reporters standing at his locker. “I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ Yeah, it was crazy.”
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It’s been more than a decade since Mets legend Johan Santana last pitched in a big league game.
New York Mets star pitcher Sean Manaea had the privilege to pick the brain of one of the franchise’s best hurlers ever.
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Johan Santana has had the opportunity to coach his son as a youth baseball player at a Florida high school, but he is also looking forward to t ...
Sports news from United Press International. The New York Mets confirmed Saturday pitcher Johan Santana will again have surgery to repair a torn anterior capsule in his left pitching shoulder.
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