一位我很喜歡的棒球水管頻道Baseball Doesn't Exist
在推特上分享了這次代表墨西哥出戰WBC的Randy Arozarena
其和老墨的淵源
https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1637204170888343553
Randy Arozarena has been Team Mexico's best player.
But last year, he wasn't even Mexican...
Here's how he convinced the President of Mexico to make him a citizen just to pl
ay in the WBC...
https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1637204172960329729
Randy Arozarena is from Cuba, and reached the highest level of Cuban baseball at
19. His first season he was paid $4 a month, in his second season he made $38 a
month. Apparently this was a higher salary than his mother.
Randy Arozarena出生在古巴
並且在19歲就在古巴聯賽出賽
而他第一個球季的月薪是4塊錢
而第二年則調漲到38塊錢(這薪水比媽媽高了)
https://i.imgur.com/jJZsjvm.png
https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1637204175346974720
In his 2nd pro season his team earned a chance to go to Puerto Rico to play in t
he Caribbean series. Despite being one of the teams best hitters Arozarena was b
locked from going, because officials feared he would try to defect.
而在他的第二個球季
他所屬球隊取得加勒比海大賽(中南美版亞職)的參賽權
而這比賽在波多黎各舉辦的
但官方怕Arozarena會趁這機會叛逃
所以不給他去
https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1637204177049796609
Being blocked from playing, along with the recent death of his father, left his
family with very little money. In order to support them, he illegally fled by bo
at to Mexico. A country where he knew nobody.
而當時他的父親也過世了
並且沒有留多少錢他們
對此Arozarena就決定自行搭船叛逃到墨西哥去
雖然他在墨西哥並不認識任何人
https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1637204178496806917
Upon arrival, Arozarena tried out for the Tijuana Toros, where he had so little
money he had to share cleats and batting gloves with another prospect during wor
kouts. He made the team...
到達墨西哥後，他去接受了墨聯提華納公牛的測試
但由於他沒錢
所以只好和其他人借球具
https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1637204180593934337
After two years playing in Mexico, Arozarena signed a 1.25 MILLION dollar contra
ct with the St Louis Cardinals. By 2020 he broke out with the Rays breaking seve
ral playoff records on the way to the World Series. He's since established himse
lf in MLB. But every offseason...
之後他就在墨西哥聯盟打了兩年球
https://i.imgur.com/ssTuBIH.png
之後也順利在2016年獲得聖路易紅雀的合約(125萬鎂簽約金)
之後在2020光芒大爆發+2021奪下新人王
https://i.imgur.com/JkvYRUv.png
https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1637204183077072897
He returns to Mexico, where his mother, wife, kids, and brother all now live.
In Feb 2021 he made a plea to the President via Instagram...
"I only ask a favor, give me nationality... do me that favor to represent Mexico
in the World Classic, it's all I want,"
他在每個休賽季都會回墨西哥去
他家人目前也都居住在墨西哥
而Arozarena也在2021年透過IG和向墨西哥總統發出請求
希望墨西哥能給他墨西哥國籍
因爲讓他想要在經典賽為墨西哥出戰
https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1637204184624685059
Arozarena had been trying to gain citizenship for years... but this plea actuall
y worked. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, stated he would put the count
ries director of migration on the case. And shortly after Arozarena was a Mexica
n Citizen.
最終墨西哥總統也答應他的請求
指示移民局局長處理此案，不久之後，Arozarena 成為了墨西哥公民
https://i.imgur.com/SfsVwbG.png
讓他能代表墨西哥打這次世界棒球經典賽
而他也在這次賽會打的相當優異
獲得C組的MVP
https://i.imgur.com/I1eRaYw.png
帶領老墨首次打進WBC四強