Goin' Crazy in Curacao

Ever since I moved to Georgia nearly four years ago, Andruw Jones has been my favorite baseball player. He's quiet, modest, and swings a helluva bat.

A couple years ago, I found out that his father was a legendary baseball player in Curacao, in fact, that he was said to be the best baseball player in the nation's history. But 30 years ago, the Netherlands Antilles wasn't exactly on the radar for the average major league scout. So Andruw's father worked in a factory by day and played baseball by night. Not exactly the glamorous life of a superstar.

Last year, a Little League team from Curacao won the Little League World Series. Before the game, the announcers asked the kids who their favorite baseball player was. Every single one of them answered "Andruw Jones."

This year, a team from the very same town in Curacao is in Williamsport for the LLWS once again. Today, ESPN.com has a really nice article about that team, and about how Andruw Jones has sparked baseball fever on one small island.