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.”
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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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