Until he arrived in Chicago, Minnie Minoso was merely just a name to Jose Abreu, a Cuban legend whose exploits his parents and grandparents told him about.
But it didn’t take long after he joined the White Sox in November 2013 for Abreu to realize how special the legendary Minoso was.
Whether it was the advice he dispensed, the daily trips to the clubhouse or the jokes he told, Minoso, who was 90 when he passed away March 1, had a significant impact on a group of young players who were never alive to see him streak around the basepaths.