On the 1997 New York Mets, amid Todd Hundley's and Bobby Jones' All-Star seasons, Edgardo Alfonso's emergence and Rey Ordonez's Gold Glove work, a minor-league journeyman making his Major League Baseball debut at age 29 was earning the respect of manager Bobby Valentine.
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