Roberto Alomar will probably be elected into the Hall of Fame this year after coming up eight votes short in his first time on the ballot, but as James Hall of MLB.com reports the 12-time All-Star also has his eye on a front-office job:
I’m almost ready. I think after this year I’m going to go up there. I would love to work for the Blue Jays. Anywhere they need me. If they need me for fielding, or hitting, or stolen bases, I think the game of baseball now is lacking the little things, the things that [can be done] to win games. I think I can help them with that, mainly their mind and how to help them win some games. I always say one day I will work for baseball, and I would love to work for the Blue Jays.
Alomar will represent the Blue Jays at next month’s draft, but there’s no word yet on whether the team has plans to offer him a full-time gig. If they don’t and he has to look elsewhere for a coaching or front-office job, it’ll be an interesting test of whether his spitting on an umpire in 1996 and then leaving the game on a low note in 2002-2004 takes precedence over a Hall of Fame career and reputation as a smart player. It shouldn’t, of course, and my guess is that it won’t.