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SEAN MANAEA
Oakland, CALIFORNIA — A Major League Baseball player of American Samoan descent is about as rare as, well, a Samoan in a small Indiana town.
Yet both descriptions apply to Oakland Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea, 27.
His father, Faaloloi Manaea, is an American Samoan who met Sean's mother, Opal,...
Oakland, CALIFORNIA — Not all big time American Samoa heritage athletes are in the NFL. Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea, right, celebrates with catcher Jonathan Lucroy after pitching a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox during a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, April 21...