Alou at one point recanted, saying he would not have been able to make the play, but later said this was just an attempt to make Bartman feel better and believing the whole incident should be forgotten.

Because of the season-ending 1994-95 MLBPA strike where the season was abandoned without official league champions, the game featured the " unofficial " league champions, the managers of the clubs leading their respective leagues ' won-loss records, Buck Showalter of the New York Yankees and Felipe Alou of the Montreal Expos for the All-Star Game.

Prior, who was the winner in Game 2, was on the mound for the infamous Steve Bartman / Moisés Alou foul ball incident in Game 6.

The Cubs, in particular Alou and Prior, argued for interference, but umpire Mike Everitt ruled there was no fan interference because the ball had broken the plane of the wall separating the field of play from the stands and entered the stands.

" He added, " I had my eyes glued on the approaching ball the entire time and was so caught up in the moment that I did not even see Moisés Alou much less that he may have had a play.

In April 2008, Moisés Alou was quoted by the Associated Press as saying, " You know what the funny thing is?

Fisk held onto the ball, but Munson remained tangled with Fisk as Felipe Alou, who was on first, attempted to advance.

Alou was also known for pranking teammates while they were sleeping in the locker room.

At the age of 18, Alou was more interested in playing basketball during his youth, and did not play organized baseball until he attended Cañada College in Redwood City, California.

In, Alou was the second overall pick in the amateur draft, chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Alou led the team by hitting. 321 with three home runs and nine RBI in the World Series ( although, pitcher Liván Hernández, by virtue of his wins in Games 1 and 5 was named the Series Most Valuable Player instead ).

In Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the Florida Marlins that year, Alou was involved in the Steve Bartman incident, in which a Cubs fan named Steve Bartman deflected a foul ball landing one row into the stands, preventing Alou, who reached into the stands, from attempting to catch the ball for an out that could have been the second out of the 8th Inning.

Alou openly admitted later in interviews that while he was frustrated at the moment, he could not have made the catch anyway.

The Expos averaged 72 victories over the next six seasons ( their best seasons after 1994 were an 88 win season in 1996 and an 83 win season in 2002 ) and Alou was fired in 2001.

The family name in the Dominican is Rojas, but Felipe Alou and his brothers became known by the name Alou when the Giants ' scout who signed Felipe mistakenly thought his matronymic was his father's name.

Alou made his major league debut in 1958 and was an All-Star in 1962, when he batted. 316 with 25 home runs and 98 RBI.

Alou was joined by his brothers, Matty in 1960, and Jesus in 1963, who, on September 15 of that year became the first all-brother outfield.

Alou was traded to the Braves before the 1964 season with Ed Bailey, Billy Hoeft, and a player to be named later ( Ernie Bowman ) for Del Crandall, Bob Hendley and Bob Shaw.

After the 1969 season, Alou was traded by the Braves to the Athletics for Jim Nash.

On May 22, 1992, Alou was promoted from the Expos bench coach to field manager, becoming the first Dominican-born manager in MLB history.

Alou was named the NL Manager of the Year.

Prior to the 2003 season, Alou was named manager of the Giants, the team where he began his professional baseball career, replacing Dusty Baker who had left to manage the Chicago Cubs.

He had a staunch defender in manager Felipe Alou, but in the end he was the " odd man out " and the Giants released him on August 14, 2004.

A Chicago Cubs fan by the name of Steve Bartman, of Northbrook, IL, reached for the ball and deflected it away from the glove of Moisés Alou for the second out of the 8th inning.

Earlier in the inning, a failed sacrifice bunt by Felipe Alou had ultimately resulted in his brother Matty not scoring on Mays ' double.

One of the fans, Steve Bartman, reached for the ball, deflecting it and disrupting a potential catch by Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou.

Because of his status as a five-tool player and his excellent career numbers, Alou is considered by many to be one of the best outfielders of the 1990s and 2000s.

Alou lived in poverty in the Dominican Republic and dreamed of escaping it by becoming a doctor.

He ( 2, 459 ) and his older brother Paul ( 3, 152 ) hold the career record for hits by brothers ( 5, 611 ), outpacing the three Alou brothers and the three DiMaggio brothers, among others.

The Leones del Escogido of the Dominican League won the series led by manager Felipe Rojas Alou and series MVP Geronimo Berroa.

Brooks co-held the Mets record for the longest hitting streak with 24 games, tied with Mike Piazza until broken by Moisés Alou in 2007 with a 30-game hitting streak.

He ( 3, 152 ) and his younger brother, Lloyd ( 2, 459 ), hold the career record for hits by brothers ( 5, 611 ), outpacing the three Alou brothers ( 5, 094 ): Felipe ( 2, 101 ), Matty ( 1, 777 ) and Jesús ( 1, 216 ), and the three DiMaggio brothers ( 4, 853 ): Joe ( 2, 214 ), Dom ( 1, 680 ) and Vince ( 959 ), among others.

At the recommendation of team manager Felipe Alou, he was signed by the Expos in 1979.

Alou would become the leader in Expos games managed, while guiding the team to winning records, including 1994, when the Expos, led by a talented group of players including Larry Walker, Moisés Alou, Marquis Grissom and Pedro Martínez, had the best record in the major leagues until the 1994 – 95 Major League Baseball strike forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season.

Alou was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 1968 MLB expansion draft and then was dealt to Houston.

Blanc was defended by several former players, most notably his 1998 FIFA World Cup-winning teammates Christophe Dugarry, Bixente Lizarazu, Didier Deschamps, Zinedine Zidane, Marcel Desailly, and Emmanuel Petit, current players, such as Alou Diarra, and external sources, which included Pathé Diba, the president of L ’ Association Soutien aux Handicapés Africains ().

Ellis walked eight batters and struck out six, and was aided by excellent fielding plays by second baseman Bill Mazeroski and center fielder Matty Alou.

In the season, Alou batted over. 300 for most of the season while driving in runs as he used to, before a late season slump dropped his season batting average to. 280, with 22 home runs and 91 RBIs.

After Alou was traded to the Pirates before the season, he received instruction from expert hitting instructor Harry " the Hat " Walker that helped turn him into a formidable hitter.

On June 23,, the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame inducted Matty Alou into their Hall of Fame during an on-field, pre-game ceremony at AT & T Park before a game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees.

Felipe López singled, and Nathan was able to get Miguel Cabrera and Luis Castillo out, but not before Alou scored.

Cain's 2005 performance was impressive enough that manager Felipe Alou named him to the team's 2006 starting rotation before spring training began.