Javier Bracamonte, who's known to fans who pay a visit to his bullpen, had a pre-existing connection to one of his stars. They just didn't know about it until recently.
At a younger age, Astros pitcher Luis Garcia received cleats from his future coach, Houston's bullpen assistant Javier Bracamonte.A batting practice pitcher has one main job: serve up hittable pitches for the team's batters to bash. But Astros assistant Javier Bracamonte is responsible for delivering more than just batting practice.
Bracamonte, who joined the Astros as the team's bullpen catcher in 2001, frequently sends baseball equipment to children in his home country of Venezuela. In 2017, Bracamonte's sister - on behalf of a former college classmate - had an odd ask: size 12 baseball cleats. "I had my glove and cleats in there," Garcia recalled to ABC13. "When I realized that, I was like 'Oh, my God, what am I going to do?' I don't know where, I don't know how, but my mom found something."
"He's a great guy," Garcia said of Bracamonte, with whom he's now even more connected. "We love him."
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