Editing Roberto Alomar (section)

==Early life==
Alomar was born in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]], and raised in [[Salinas, Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Van Hyning|first=Thomas E.|author2=Eduardo Valero |title=Puerto Rico's Winter League: A History of Major League Baseball's Launching Pad|publisher=McFarland|year=2004|page=111|isbn=978-0-7864-1970-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ce8wlREHG_0C&pg=PA111|access-date=April 13, 2010}}</ref> The son of [[Sandy Alomar Sr.|Santos "Sandy" Alomar Sr.]] and María Velázquez, Alomar grew up in a baseball family.<ref name="latino"/><ref name="greatath">{{cite book |last1=Britton |first1=John A |editor1-first=Dawn P |editor1-last=Dawson |title=Great Athletes |edition=Revised |volume=1 |year=2002 |orig-year=1992 |publisher=Salem Press |isbn=1-58765-008-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatathletes0000unse/page/49 49–51] |url=https://archive.org/details/greatathletes0000unse/page/49 }}</ref> He and his older brother [[Sandy Alomar Jr.|Sandy Jr.]] were raised mostly by their mother, due to their father's career as a major league second baseman.<ref>{{cite book |last=Macht |first=Norman Lee |url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/roberto-alomar-spo/ |title=Roberto Alomar Biography |publisher=Mitchell Lane Publishers |year=1999 |isbn=978-1883845841}}</ref> When school in Puerto Rico was out for the summer, they joined their father, who let his sons hang around the clubhouse, [[shagging (baseball)|shag fly balls]], and absorb the game—especially from his [[New York Yankees]] teammates, such as [[Thurman Munson]] and [[Graig Nettles]].<ref name="Yankees">{{cite web |first=Bill |last=Lubinger |title=Roberto Alomar's long route to Cooperstown glory ran through Cleveland |url=http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/07/roberto_alomars_long_route_to.html |work=Cleveland.com |date=July 19, 2011 |access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> Growing up, Alomar idolized his father and [[José Cruz]], both of whom were All-Star players.<ref name="Yankees"/><ref>{{cite web |first=Tyler |last=Kepner |title=Roberto Alomar Awaits the Hall's Call |url=http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/roberto-alomar-awaits-the-halls-call/?_r=0 |work= The New York Times |date=January 4, 2010 |access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref>