No, Derek, not that Almonte

Remember Erick Almonte, the young shortstop who filled in for Derek Jeter in 2003 after Jeter dislocated his left shoulder on Opening Night in Toronto?

Almonte got 100 at-bats that season and didn't appear in the big leagues again until this year, with the Brewers. Before that, he played for the Long Island Ducks and in Japan, among other stops.

Almonte made headlines last week as the first player to be placed on baseball's seven-day disabled list for concussions after he was hit in the head with a thrown ball during batting practice Tuesday.

We asked Jeter the other day if he remembered Almonte.

"Yeah," he said. "The kid who pitched in the Little Leagues that time?"

Jeter was thinking of Danny Almonte, the overage Bronx teenager who created an international scandal when he dominated younger kids in the Little League World Series in 2001.