More Spanish 2 work?
Yes, in my Spanish II class at MHHS, we learned about baseball players who have hispanic heritage or are hispanic themselves.
That guy in the picture above is really familiar, who is he?
That is Sammy Sosa, you probably recognize him from the home run race he had with Mark McGwire. Born on November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, he has become one of the greatest modern players of the game. He has had more home runs in the last 6 seasons than any other player in the same number of consecutive seasons.
He's not a real pirate, I know he is a baseball player.
Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates was one of the most under appreciated players during his lifetime. He was in the same era as the players every little boy grows up hearing about: Mickey Mantle, Wille Mays, and Hank Aaron. It would seem hard to ignore his skills considering he earned Gold Gloves the last 12 seasons of his career and helped the Pirates win two 7 game World Series. He was known for looking uneasy when he was at bat, but more often it was the pitcher who was uneasy, because he had an uncanny knack to hit the ball into any of the fields. Clemente was the 11th player ever to achieve 3 thousand hits. He was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and died in the capital, San Juan. He once said, "I want to be remembered as a ball player who gave all he had to give." Being remembered as the first Hispanic baseball player in the hall of fame, as well as the second baseball player to appear on a stamp, I think he'll be remembered alright.
Why is his picture smaller than the others?
That's because Miguel Tejada of Bani, Dominican Republic, is a newer player, and his picture isn't on as many internet websites as the more legendary players. The other problem with not beign a legendary player is people are more likely to spread your weaknesses. The problem lies within his strength, while he has an amazing knack for defense, he has trouble making the routine plays look routine. Effectively, there is no need to reinvent the wheel. He is one of the game's up and coming shortstops, and his career looks as though it is ready to do anything but stop short.
I never realized there were so many hispanic American baseball players.
Neither did I, and learning about these players, especially Carlos Baerga, has edified me. Carlos Baerga isn't a good player to invest in, in terms of ebay and cards. His most expensive lot of cards is currently at 5 dollars with no bids. This stems from his two year absence from the Majors, but he mad e a successful come back with Boston last year. He had played for the Cleveland Indians earlier in his career. He stole six out of six bases last year until he had a problem with his hamstrings. He is likely to have been inspired by all the other good baseball players who came from his hometown of San Juan Puerto Rico.
This guy looks kind of old for a baseball player, or am I wrong?
Rafael Palmeiro is one of the oldest Cuban baseball players in the major league. Coming from Havana, he was born in 1964. His difficulty has been his youth it seems, since his records and achievements increase as he gets older. ESPN views him as a legitimate Hall of Fame candidate if he can keep up his current performance. On May 11th he hit his 500th career homerun, something the average major leaguer never does. What makes it even better is that he had only 25 home runs in his first 874 major league at bats. Meaning he got better at an absurdly accelerated rate.
Baseball isn't for everyone, but I'm sure there are variations to make everyone enjoy it.
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