Tony Álvarez

Antonio Enrique Álvarez [al'-vah-rez] (born May 10, 1979) is a Venezuelan politician and a former Major League Baseball player.

Born in Caracas, he played professionally under the name Tony Álvarez. Furthermore, he is commonly known as El Potro Álvarez, a moniker that he has been using since starting his baseball career at a young age.

Baseball career

Highly touted as a five-tool prospect, the outfielder Tony Álvarez gained an early notoriety for being a multifaceted and controversial figure as a result of the popularity in Venezuelan circles. In addition to his playing in the 2002 All-Star Futures Game and the 2006 World Baseball Classic, he usually smashed hard line drives into the infield or deep into the outfield, played aggressive baserunning, and crashed the walls in pursuit of a fly ball, delighting baseball fans for most of a decade. "People come out to the ballpark and pay money to watch the game," Álvarez explained in an interview. I’m an aggressive player and it’s hard for me to change. If I lose my aggressiveness, I won’t be the same player", he added.