Danny Almonte Rojas was born on April 7,1987 and is a Dominican-American former baseball player who is currently an assistant baseball coach at Cardinal Hayes High School in New York City.
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20 Facts About Danny Almonte
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In 2000, Danny Almonte moved to The Bronx, New York City, where he began playing Little League baseball.
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Danny Almonte's imposing frame won him the nickname "Little Unit, " a nod to Randy "Big Unit" Johnson.
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Danny Almonte threw a no-hitter in the 2001 Mid-Atlantic Regional finals against State College, Pennsylvania, sending his team to the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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Danny Almonte finished the 2001 tournament with 62 strikeouts, giving up only three hits in three starts, and only one unearned run.
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Danny Almonte's team, nicknamed "the Baby Bombers" because they played in the shadow of Yankee Stadium, was the feel-good story of the Little League World Series, and were honored before a New York Yankees game shortly after the Series.
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Danny Almonte's imposing appearance and command on the mound, as well as the velocity of his fastball, led to rumors that he was older than 12 years old, the age limit for Little League Baseball.
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Rolando Paulino, the league president, adamantly insisted that Danny Almonte had in fact been born on April 7,1989.
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Danny Almonte's mother, Sonia Rojas Breton, owned a handwritten birth certificate saying that he had been born at home in Jamao with the help of a midwife in 1989.
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Felipe Danny Almonte appeared on Good Morning America at the time of the investigation, proclaiming his son's innocence.
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Danny Almonte, who did not speak English at the time, apparently knew nothing about the falsified documents and was cleared of wrongdoing.
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Danny Almonte's registration listed him as attending Public School 70 in the Bronx.
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Danny Almonte played, along with four of his former teammates, in the 2004 Public Schools Athletic League championship.
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In early 2005, Danny Almonte moved to the Miami area, where he did not play baseball due to residency requirements.
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In May 2006, Danny Almonte announced he was married to 30-year-old Rosy Perdomo.
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Later that year, Danny Almonte joined the Southern Illinois Miners of the Frontier League, an independent minor-league circuit—and thus forfeited his NCAA collegiate eligibility.
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Danny Almonte pitched his first game on May 27,2007, against the Evansville Otters.
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Danny Almonte finished as one of the top hitters in JUCO baseball, hitting.
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Danny Almonte indicated an intent to return to semi-pro baseball that summer, after the end of the school year, but said that he no longer held expectations of some day playing in the Major Leagues.
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