From the R Kelly fan club...
Alou secret leaked
By JEFF PASSAN
The Kansas City Star
Baseball is replete with quirky characters. Turk Wendell brushed his teeth in between innings. Mark Fidrych conversed with the ball.
Now Moises Alou pees on his hands.
That's really the simplest way to put what Alou told an ESPN.com reporter this week. Alou said he and other Latin players occasionally urinate on their hands to harden them.
?I notice guys don't want to shake hands with him,? Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. ?Everybody just gives him the fist.?
Alou was none too happy that the story sprayed ? er, spread ? like it did. All he wanted to do was avoid calluses forming on his hands while not using batting gloves, and here he is, off to his best start in years, having to explain his bathroom habits.
?It's like saying what you do at home,? he said. ?When I go home, I don't want anybody to know what I do.?
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