Dominic Smaldino is not only a top baseball player at JSerra High who has committed to Cal, he's a baseball historian from a family of legends.
Or you could ask his mother, Shannon, Jerry’s daughter, who has story after story to tell and is about the coolest mom a baseball player can have.There’s also uncle Brian Stephenson, a scout with the Dodgers. Smaldino’s father, Peter, played baseball for Arcadia High. AndDominic Smaldino of JSerra has a family history filled with baseball tales.
The Stephensons are baseball royalty. Joe signed such Red Sox players as Rick Burlison, Bill Lee, Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans. He died in 2001 after being a scout from 1948 to 2001. Jerry played seven MLB seasons before becoming a scout for 36 years. He died when Smaldino was 5, in 2010. Smaldino has so many vintage uniforms, gloves, photos and baseball cards in his bedroom he could start his own museum.
He has come to love history, whether it’s baseball or not. At 18, he’s mature beyond his years, able to speak comfortably with adults and offer insights normal teenagers don’t possess. He has committed to Cal and has been one of JSerra’s top players for two seasons. He had the key hit last year that propelled the Lions to their first Southern Section Division 1 championship, beating Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 3-1 in the final. He’ll be another important contributor for this season’s playoffs, which begin on Thursday, after batting .340 with three home runs and 17 RBIs during the regular season.
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