Nelson Cruz

Minnesota Twins’ slugger Nelson Cruz — who is wonderfully nicknamed “Boomstick” — is one of just 57 players in baseball history with 400 home runs … and as he closes in on his 40th birthday, he’s as dangerous a hitter as ever. Here he reminds us that the Negro Leagues were not only a league for African-American players; it was the biggest dream for dark-skinned Latino players before Negro Leaguer Minnie Miñoso broke that barrier.