PHILADELPHIA — When Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela arrived in Philadelphia ahead of his first All-Star Game earlier this week, one of the first people to meet him in the MLB hotel was one of his idols growing up.
Incoming Hall of Famer Andruw Jones, a fellow Curaçao native who managed Rafaela with Team Netherlands in this year’s World Baseball Classic, stopped Rafaela in the lobby Sunday and the two men talked for what Jones estimated to be 90 minutes. The moment was the continuation of a growing relationship between idol and mentee — and a chance for Jones to
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