INDIANAPOLIS — The question has been thrown his way several times, but typically only when he’s playing games in the eastern half of the country.
Jordan Luplow’s answer to that oft-asked question: Yes, he’s related to former major league player Al Luplow. That’s his great uncle.
And it’s a fair question as Luplow is not a common name, but the former major leaguer and the aspiring one have never met in person. They nearly met at a reunion - Jordan grew up in California and Al lives in Michigan - but that didn’t matriculate.
Al Luplow played 481 games over seven seasons, five of those with the Cleveland Indians; and finished his career hitting .