soul of baseball

Chapter 652 Don't Read, Player Story
Before writing this chapter, I was fortunate enough to connect with players who I didn’t like so much in the past, but I liked a little bit. I happened to talk about players from hard backgrounds from aspects that are absolutely not seen in special daily reports.It can be regarded as sharing, and the title will state it, (I don’t know when the saved manuscript will be published? What day is it today haha~)

The main character is ángel Manuel Pagán, who is not well known (in fact, not well known in the big leagues).

As we all know, I am a die-hard fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. I can't be more die-hard. At least I tell the coach to leave after scolding him every day, but after he really leaves, I can cry as much as I want. (After all, the former coach was called elegant as a cat when he was young~ he is also handsome when he is old, which is extremely rare).

But before I was a Cardinals fan, I was one of the most loyal Puerto Rican fans, and I followed all their games. (emmm, so I saw the scene where Taiwan was defeated by Puerto Rico's slam gun and laughed cry)

Why mention Puerto Rico?It's really because Pagán is an authentic Puerto Rican. Although he has not retired yet, he is still a free agent without a job in the past two seasons.

Pagán is an atypical Latin American handsome guy, but he has a bad temper. (That's why I don't like him very much), but after hearing the story, I can only say helplessly that temper is closely related to the living environment. The place where he grew up did not allow him to have a good temper.

Pagán was born and raised in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. I don’t know what has happened in the past few years. It used to be a very poor place. Of course, it does not refer to the urban area, but the surrounding countryside. Although the place is not big, this place Almost half of them are rural, so the situation can be imagined.

Pagán's mother played fast softball. He said that this may have given him his initial interest in baseball. This is undoubtedly the luckiest thing, and it has nothing to do with the future. ".

How bad was the surrounding environment at that time?To put it in a joke, 9 of the ten people around me are related to drug trafficking, and the remaining one is long-term robbery.He said he was always on guard on the way home every day, always worried that someone would drag him into a corner and force him to buy or sell. (Manually hide the dog head)

And when I got home, I also had to worry about whether someone would rush in in the middle of the night.

In order to protect himself, he also went to learn boxing.When he said this, he smiled and said that it was because of the idol factor (a formerly famous boxing champion in Puerto Rico)

But he is really not easy to mess with, so after a long time, there are indeed fewer people who bully him, maybe it has something to do with the toughness of his brothers and sisters at home, of course, in such a horrible community, people who are not tough can't survive . (not exaggerating)

I asked if I felt particularly safe holding the bat?He joked of course.

Puerto Rico's playing environment is actually not bad among Latin American families. (Only in terms of safety) But it does not refer to the whole country. The place where Yuri's prototype player is located is very safe, because it is a tourist attraction.

Pagán signed with the New York Mets, but made his major league debut with the Chicago Cubs. (An extremely interesting major league record was created in the same year, the first person to hit the first 2 homers of his major league career on his birthday)
Pagán returned to the Metropolis after that. He actually struggled to play and had constant injuries, but I don’t think it’s surprising. I always thought there was a big problem with the Metropolis’ medical team and team practices. At that time, Pagán’s brother Beltran was also in the Metropolis. They were all tortured, and in the end they went through the surgery privately, which gave them good health for a long time.

Isn't this obvious?A player who played without recovering from an injury would perform poorly and be more likely to be injured. At that time, many fans questioned beltran, thinking it was blabla or something like that.

My heart is about to break! Beltran is not my favorite player, but he is definitely one of the players I admire the most, kind and brave!persist in!He is giving back to the country and people he loves with what he has done!A player with low culture has been doing this for a long time, which is worthy of the admiration of every fan!

The kind little bee in the killer bee fight line.

To put it wrong, back to Pagán, Puerto Rican players, especially those who were born and bred, all have a heart to embrace the motherland. As long as they are invited, they are willing to contribute to their country.

Pagán played in both the 13 and 17 WBC World Baseball Classic.

This kind of international competition is very important for the national ranking (points), but there are not many professional players in the major leagues who are willing to participate.

Injuries can be big or small. If you talk about soreness, you will be alive and kicking again in a few days. If you talk about serious injuries, your career will be scrapped.

What does scrap mean?On behalf of a player, the hard work of the first 20 or [-] years of his life has been paid in vain, and the longer life in the future can only be regretted, unwilling, and even poor enough to support his family!

The balance between patriotism and self-love is difficult to do well. There are indeed players who have ruined their careers because of these games. (Really Ace, I won’t mention the name)
Pagán's performance in 11 was very good, but there is no way. Whether it is 11 or 06, Yuri's prototype is Molina, a Mets killer, and he is still being talked about by Mets fans~ snickering ing~
Pagán’s career as a player ended with the Giants. Personally, I really like the giants’ cuties. I watched lincecum, bum, and posey rise from rookies to the top, but I also watched them gradually get injured. Lincecum What's more... This long-haired little man is really a pain in the hearts of many fans. I don't know if he looked carefully at the beginning of the year. He is really old and skinny.

Bum also declined, and Posey lost all power. The Giant Dynasty rushed suddenly, and was forced to rebuild suddenly.

In fact, the Cardinals were almost rebuilt in the 18th season, but fortunately, they were strong in the second half of the season.

When it comes to giants, they are simply ruthless. Pagán has no notifications here, just like ordinary people who go to work for internships. When the time comes, they don’t notify you whether they want you or not. They just ignore them, as if they never existed. Same.

The same goes for Molina's big brother, the giant just suddenly...

However, Boss Mo had a bad temper and exploded directly.

Pagán was born in 81. After playing the World Baseball Classic in 17, he has been out of work. For these professional players, it goes without saying how big the deal is without a game for two years. I don’t think he can continue Getting work on players is not a big name in itself, and it has no other value.

The mentality is probably uneven, he said: I still want to have my own locker in the locker room.

(End of this chapter)