Four years ago you had the privilege of knowing personally Pedro José Rodríguez, the mythical Cheito who wrote his baseball story with the indelible ink of the iron.
Fue en Cienfuegos, su tierra, en un balconcito que tenía vista al mar. Punctual bedding, and all of them are covered by pelvic floor watches and other herbs. As part of this he was admired twice, because Cheo derramaba a worthy humiliation of envidia.
In the text published publicly (Cubadebate, 12/4/2017) said that “desforraba pelotas como entrenenimiento y firmaba cuadrangulares por puro amor al arte del bateo”, evoqué sus 15 children in 45 turns during the Central American of Medellín ’78, and lamenté -¿cómo no hacerlo? – the unspeakable sanction imposed by the land for accepting 92 dollars.
What follows is an extract from that interview that, a late evening, connects me with the biggest natural slugger we see in Cuba. Nuestro Babe Ruth certain, irreversible and su poder y sencillez.
Who are the best winners of the National Series?
-Soon muchos. Capiró, Romelio, Muñoz, Kindelán, Linares, Casanova, Marquetti …
Do you have any point in arguing against the ‘biotype theory’?
-Vengo from a family of pilots. My dad was more than happy to be with me and I had some car rides. De ahí heredé la fuerza. I believe that I am committed to genetic reasons, there are never too many arroz and frijoles, but normally I play with 90 kilos and I have a lot of work with some technicians who do a lot of emphasis on the corporal weight. I learned a pre-selection from the fact that Romelio hiccuped a lot of weight, put the man on the podium with the asset and left the team.
Enumerates some of our largest baths …
-En Santa Clara saqué una bola entre left y center que fue a parar a organoponico que se llamaba La Lechuguita o algo así. In Las Tunas of one that ended for the cement. And in Latin, during an Estrellas Game, I have a connection that takes place on the iris of the park and the final dio in the espalier of the third grade section.
What makes you a master?
-Learn to beat with my abuelo and lie with my father, who at the triumph of the Revolution was in Triple A with the Indians of Cleveland. I had several good battery trainers I was having a hard time with.
How many defects do the Cuban batterers have today?
-The problem with unleashing the talents has to do with the fact that many are waiting for many licensed, well-prepared people, but with a little practical knowledge. And the bateo is very difficult. A person who reads a book and is intelligent, can transmit this knowledge to a player. But the comma has not made it to the bottom, because only it knows what it is playing, especially if it has a good level.
What were your favorite launches for the boys?
-A mí me gustaba la bola bajita, esa el pitcher tira para sacar outs. Golf has no problems, it is an innate skill that holds.
¿El jonrón se busca o koop?
-Geen creo much in so that the jonrón sells solo. I’ll have a lot of times to search and in no time I have the opportunity. Adoraba los jonrones. You prefer the 5-1 with the quadrangular direction of the 5-5 sin ninguno. Y en dos slaan seguía persiguiéndolo; do not record the swing to search for contact. Includes me gustaba prognosticarlos when it was sufficiently analyzed by the launcher.
Do you think you are looking for a study partner?
-Bastante. If the kruik my enseñaban nothing more than a ‘cantico’ of the mano, normally the podium batters are advised. It’s a facility that is designed to last for years, but is not grossly demarcated. Geen basta con el talento natural, hooi también que usar la cabeza. Here’s the case of Giancarlo Stanton, a judge with a common force, but he left us with a bad fight and a fight.
Dice Muñoz que un día le vatininaste dos cuadrangulares …
-It was in a championship that we won. It’s the last day, against Constructors, and I’ve been a jerk for Muñoz. Entonces le dije: ‘Guajiro, apúrate, que hoy voy a dar dos jonrones, trata de dar uno para me ganes por menor cantidad de veces al bate ”. One of the first goes to the asset, or the other in the seventh, and when he goes home the pedi: ‘Quédate por ahí cerquita que la voy a volver a perder’. Y así fue ”.
How was it that mandabas got the assets?
-Misifú, a historic caravan of Villa Clara, is set to reveal many of its anecdotes. It’s the gustaba when you say ‘recover the assets you are here’. Iba y empezaba a guardarlos, y cuando el bateador que venia detra preguntaba por qué hacía eso, le decía que yo lo había mandado.
What are the one-two bests of the National Series?
-El of Linares and Casanova did not last long, although one had to leave the other store near Irse. Pacheco and Kindelán coincide sharply; eran peloteros de la misma generation. Another very powerful force is the Marquetti and Capiró. Pero la verdad, las statistias hablan muy bien del que formamos Muñoz y yo.
I have this sad moment, the sanction …
–Todavía nee hy podido averiguar cuál fue el motivo de tanto ensañamiento. Nadie my lo ha podido explicar. Llevaba doce years in the national team, receiving offers from many donor money. Los explore me established siguiendo desde los youth. Without embarrassment, I did not hesitate to analyze my case. I feel that debauchery has been sanctioned, because the final judgment in the Netherlands has prohibited the tenancy of dollars, but for three years I have seen an excessive punishment.
What happened to eso?
-When Venezuela regressed, it seemed to me that I had already eaten or felt a contagious disease, because the same things I had done before, when I saw the cleft palate. Y lo más verschriklik es que staba physicamente entero.
With the time, volviste. How did the moment of regression come about?
-En latino me dieron un spectacular speci, y aquí en Cienfuegos ni te cuento. The child is paralyzed and stands for minutes of applause, as if the applause would take place later. But he has not established a top and has been able to have problems with an ojo y in the Talón de Aquiles. Solo me salieron diez jonrones en tres años, no era el mismo y decidí retirarme.
Do you think podiums have been awarded up to 500 years?
-If he does not know how to do it, about everything while knowing that only the best and most powerful assets are missing, more lives. Pero no pudo ser para mí. Another can do some day.
What other players can play in the Cuba team?
-Thinking that habria lasted for three more years in the team, because the plan was that Linares would empress in the shortstop, where we would have a stream at the moment.
Dame en Equipo Ideal de Nacionales Series …
-A la receptoría me gustaban mucho Lázaro Pérez, Juan Castro, Albertico, Medina, pero me quedo con Pestano. And in the Muñoz, Anglada, Jova and Linares team. In the center Víctor, and in the squares Fernando Sánchez and Casanova. As designated, Capiró. Pitcher zurdo, Tati Valdés. Derecho, Pedro Luis Lazo. The driver is in the vicinity of Servio Borges and Jorge Fuentes.
¿Y Cheíto no juega?
-Which game as the second designed.