nydailynews.com - 7/2/2009
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Joe Dunand Jr.'s nickname is Lil' Joe, but you might as well call him Lil' A-Rod. Dunand Jr., a 13-year-old slugger, is A-Rod's nephew. He's also a 5-9, 140-pound spitting image of the Bombers' third baseman.
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Alex Rodriguez has a mini-me
Circling The Bases —
We may see Alex Rodriguez's nephew in the bigs one day: Joe Dunand Jr.'s nickname is Lil' Joe, but you might as well call him Lil' A-Rod. Dunand Jr., a 13-year-old slugger, is A-Rod's nephew. He's also a 5-9, 140-pound spitting image of the Bombers' third baseman. His father, Joe Dunand Sr., is Rodriguez's half-brother. "He looks more like his son than mine," Dunand Sr. said half-jokingly earlier this week as his son took batting practice at Jose Martinez's Baseball Made Simple Academy in the Bronx . . . Joe Jr.'s resemblance to his uncle is so striking that he was ...
A-Rod’s Nephew Joe Dunand Jr.
WasWatching.com —
Via the Daily News today -
Joe Dunand Jr.’s nickname is Lil’ Joe, but you might as well call him Lil’ A-Rod.
Dunand Jr., a 13-year-old slugger, is A-Rod’s nephew. He’s also a 5-9, 140-pound spitting image of the Bombers’ third baseman.
His father, Joe Dunand Sr., is Rodriguez’s half-brother.
“He looks more like his son than mine,” Dunand Sr. said half-jokingly earlier this week as his son took batting practice at Jose Martinez’s Baseball Made Simple Academy in the Bronx. ...
Views from the Facade - 7/2
Baseball Digest —
... Alex Rodriguez Jr. may star in the bigs one day. Okay, he’s not really A-Rod’s son, just his nephew..the son of his half-brother Joe Dunand Sr. Lil Joe, Joe Dunand Jr., is 5′9″, 140 lbs…and only 13 years old. But as the Daily News reported he’s a chip off the old uncle’s block. ...
The Daily Yankeeland - 7/2
My Pinstripes —
... Alex Rodriguez Jr. may star in the bigs one day. Okay, he’s not really A-Rod’s son, just his nephew..the son of his half-brother Joe Dunand Sr. Lil Joe, Joe Dunand Jr., is 5′9″, 140 lbs…and only 13 years old. But as the Daily News reported he’s a chip off the old uncle’s block. ...
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Think it's too early to talk about Bryce Harper? Well Joe Dunand Jr., Alex Rodriguez's nephew, is just 13 years old and, as Ian Begley of the New York Daily News reports, he's already quite a slugger. ...
There's a 13-year-old clone of Alex Rodriguez out there?
Big League Stew —
... Thursday's editions of the paper carried an article on the big league dreams of Joe Dunand Jr., the 13-year-old nephew of Yankees star ...
A-Rod ‘Clone’ Looks Like Uncle, But Can He Hit?
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... that Eric Whitfield , 12, was able to accomplish in that game was four home runs in four at-bats — three of the drives completely clearing the creek that ran behind the outfield fence. But that’s a tricky age, where hormones and motor skills kick in at different paces; there’s no guarantee that, by age 16, Whitfield will be appreciably better than most of his teammates. And by all accounts, the biggest thing that Dundan, Jr. has going for him is that he looks like A-Rod. Oh, and a glowing review of the youngster’s swing from Jose Martinez , who runs a hitting academy in ...
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