Marlins’ Eddy Alvarez To Be Flag Bearer At Olympics Opening Ceremony

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – The start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo is just a few days away and Miami will be well represented at the opening ceremonies.

Baseball player Eddy Alvarez has been selected to be one of the two flag bearers.

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The Cuban American, who graduated from Christopher Columbus High School, will be the first baseball player to carry the flag for the U.S. in Olympic history.

He made his major league debut last year with the Miami Marlins, but has been in the Marlins minors this year.

Alvarez won a silver medal in speedskating at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

If the U.S. baseball team were to medal, he’d be only the third American to medal in both the Winter and Summer Games,…