VALLEY CENTER, Calif. — Some New Yorkers, even after all these years, have an odd way of greeting Jesse Orosco. They jump up and down as if their shoes were on fire and then drop to their knees with their arms raised triumphantly.
“No matter what I do or where I go in New York,” Orosco said with a laugh. “Some people, it’s like they brainwash their kids. I’ve seen kids 5 years old — they’ll see me and say, ‘Jesse Orosco’ and drop to their knees.”
Orosco pitched in the major leagues for 24 years, played for nine teams and appeared in more games as a pitcher than anyone else.