Octavio Dotel Likes Shoes
Perhaps you missed this piece in The Wall Street Journal:
Pro ballplayers these days collect cars and real estate. Mr. Dotel collects designer shoes. He buys about 20 high-price pairs a year—Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada. The Carrie Bradshaw of the majors says he has so many pairs he’s lost count. “What can I say, I love shoes,” says Mr. Dotel, his eyes lighting up, when a recent interview veered from baseball to footwear.
Of course, right now it’s nothing like when he was on the Cardinals:
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That’s a pair of clown shoes, bro.