Raul Mondesi Once Stole Home; Bleached His Hair

SI.com has a story today about stealing home, or as they call it “baseball’s most exciting play.” Aside from interviews with noted base stealers like Jose Reyes and Jacoby Ellsbury, the feature contains a pictoral history of every player that’s accomplished the feat this decade. Included in these pictures is a stunning revelation: , Raul Mondesi, then of the Toronto Blue Jays once stole home. It came on April17, 2001 against the Yankees and pitcher Randy Kiesler. Making the achievement all the more noteworhty is that when it happened, the lumbering outfielder was sporting a bleach blonde mini-fro. Mondesi of course is one of the more notorious characters from the Pirates past two decades of futility. He left the team two months into the...