Carter Aldrete’s promising start for Squirrels

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From the same college that produced the likes of Reggie Jackson and Barry Bonds comes Carter Aldrete. Jackson and Bonds became two of the greatest sluggers in baseball history after fine-tuning their swings at Arizona State University.

Aldrete, the current infield player for the Richmond Flying Squirrels, was the San Francisco Giants 15th round pick in 2018, out of the same ASU.

The Pac-12 school in Tempe has produced some 114 ballplayers who made their way

Trinity Thomas vaults to her 28th perfect score

On a scale of one to 10, Trinity Thomas is about as close to a 10 as there is.

The University of Florida gymnast finished her Gators career with a record-tying 28th “perfect 10” at the NCAA Nationals in Fort Worth, Tex.

She matches the 28 perfectos of former gymnasts Jenny Hansen of Kentucky and UCLA’s Jamie Dantzscher.

A 22-year-old native of York, Pa., Thomas got her 28th perfect score in the vault – a Yurchenko 1.5.

In 2007, Olympic and Elite gymnastics did away with the perfect 10, but it remains a part of the collegiate scene.

Broken down, the fifth-year senior’s 10’s came on 12 floor exercise, six beams, five bars and five vaults.

Florida finished second behind Oklahoma in the overall team standing.

to the big leagues.

Aldrete, who’d like to be 115th, or thereabouts, is off to a promising start for the Squirrels, who started the current homestand 5-4. A 6-foot-1, 200-pound right-hander from Monterey, Calif., Aldrete was hitting .308 (8-for-26) with two homers and four runs batted in to start the week. His father, Richard, played nine seasons in the minor leagues. Uncle Mike Aldrete played in the majors from 1986 to 1996 and is currently the first base coach for Oakland.

he said of his mom as she sat beside him:

“She’s my superhero, my wonder woman, my sunshine on a cloudy day … and my 3-point shot to win the game.”

Sweet

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