一位我很喜欢的棒球水管频道Baseball Doesn't Exist
在推特上分享了这次代表墨西哥出战WBC的Randy Arozarena
其和老墨的渊源
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
并且在19岁就在古巴联赛出赛
而他第一个球季的月薪是4块钱
而第二年则调涨到38块钱(这薪水比妈妈高了)
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.
而在他的第二个球季
他所属球队取得加勒比海大赛(中南美版亚职)的参赛权
而这比赛在波多黎各举办的
但官方怕Arozarena会趁这机会叛逃
所以不给他去
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.
而当时他的父亲也过世了
并且没有留多少钱他们
对此Arozarena就决定自行搭船叛逃到墨西哥去
虽然他在墨西哥并不认识任何人
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...
到达墨西哥后，他去接受了墨联提华纳公牛的测试
但由于他没钱
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...
之后他就在墨西哥联盟打了两年球
https://i.imgur.com/ssTuBIH.png
之后也顺利在2016年获得圣路易红雀的合约(125万镁签约金)
之后在2020光芒大爆发+2021夺下新人王
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,"
他在每个休赛季都会回墨西哥去
他家人目前也都居住在墨西哥
而Arozarena也在2021年透过IG和向墨西哥总统发出请求
希望墨西哥能给他墨西哥国籍
因为让他想要在经典赛为墨西哥出战
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.
最终墨西哥总统也答应他的请求
指示移民局局长处理此案，不久之后，Arozarena 成为了墨西哥公民
https://i.imgur.com/SfsVwbG.png
让他能代表墨西哥打这次世界棒球经典赛
而他也在这次赛会打的相当优异
获得C组的MVP
https://i.imgur.com/I1eRaYw.png
带领老墨首次打进WBC四强