van slyke has four sons, three of whom played college or professional sports. scott van slyke has played for the los angeles dodgers and as of 2018 plays for the doosan bears of the kbo league; jared van slyke was a defensive back on the university of michigan football team; and a. j. van slyke played baseball for the university of kansas and for four seasons in the st. louis cardinals' minor league system.