Exploits on rectangular fields:
Jeff Samardzija was an All-America wide receiver at Notre Dame. Caught 77 balls for 15 TDs in 2006 from QB Brady Quinn. Also an All-American that year was a dude named Marshawn Lynch. Maybe you’ve heard of him. You can, as they say, look it up. If I’m doing the math right, he would have been recruited to South Bend by Tyrone Willingham. Enough connections?
Ubaldo Jimenez and Ervin Santana no doubt played futbol at some point in their youth, but there’s no indication they ever made any All-Dominican teams.
Names:
Santana’s real name is Johan Santana. True story (supposedly). But he didn’t want to be an MLB pitcher known as the “other” Johan Santana, so he changed his first name to “Ervin.” Just because he liked the name “Ervin Santana.” So there.
Full article at Mariner Brainstorm: here.