Named 1997 "Man of the Year" by Colombia's El Espectador
newspaper.
Received the "San Carlos Cross of the Order of the Great Knight",
Colombia's highest honor, from President Ernesto Samper. [4 November
1997]
Had series-winning hit in the 1997 World Series
Shortstop with the National League's Florida Marlins (1996-1998) and
St. Louis Cardinals (1999-2004) the Boston Red Sox (2005) and the
Atlanta Braves (2006- Present).