This (I believe) is a photo of Petr Hemsky, Ales' brother. He's a year older than Ales and is not as good a player. No sin really, he's among many thousands of hockey players guilty of the same thing.Petr Hemsky was drafted by Belleville of the OHL 23rd overall in the CHL draft of 2000. He played 2 seasons (one each for London and Kitchener) and topped out at 19-27-46 in 61 gp as a 19-year old in the OHL.
I was reading about Ales Hemsky this morning for an upcoming post (on the 2001 Entry Draft) and got to reading about his older brother Petr. It reminded me of a story I read many years ago about Tommie Aaron (Hank's brother).
Tommie Aaron was a decent prospect (he was the IL MVP in 1967), a terrific fielding first baseman a little shy on power (and I'm being kind here). His brother Hank once said that Tommie probably would have had a better career had he played for another MLB team, but I think you'd agree that's likely just a brother being a brother. Tommie Aaron was a marginal big leaguer.
Anyway, the story. Tommie Aaron played in the show from 1962 through 1971, called up and sent back many times. One day toward the end of his career when he was trying to hang with the big club he came out early for extra BP. As he stood in at the plate and ripped line drives all over the park, a single voice (an older woman, early arrival for the game) called out from behind the backstop:
"Hit it hard, Hank."
Tommie Aaron died of leukemia at age 45.
i've always wondered how the seventh Sutter brother felt. Glen was it?
ReplyDeleteHe probably doesn't feel quite so bad anymore, since he won the lottery a couple years ago.
ReplyDeleteI think I saw a documentary once where they said the seventh Sutter may have been the most talented of them all, but he stayed home to tend the family farm so they wouldn't lose it.
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