“Work frees us from three great evils: boredom, vice and hardship.” François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) .-
Today, like every Wednesday, is Post Office Day. Please, do not forget to inform me of your name and the town or city from where you write. Thank you.
Graaaaaacias! .- Thank you for so many emails and for so many calls on the occasion of my 93 the day before yesterday. I spent my time reading and listening to them. I was more excited than is advisable at this age. I wish to answer each and every one by this means, but I don’t have space, because there have been more than 500 emails. Thank you. friends.
Ennio Minarini, from Montreal, asks…: “1) Who was your first interviewee in the Major Leagues and who was the last and in what years; 2) a player made a bad impression on you; 3) How many have you voted for the Hall of Fame?
Friend Yeyo…: 1) My first interviewee in the majors was Roberto Clemente, before the 1960 World Series; the last was Mariano Rivera, upon retiring in January 2014; 2) I have bad memories of three. Rod Carew for being arrogant and opposed to the interviews with me and Cookie Rojas and Manny Mota, because each one charged me $ 100 for allowing themselves to be interviewed. I paid him for it, but I have never published those interviews. 3) And I don’t know how many I have voted for, nor do I consider it relevant.
Mario Riera N. de Carora, asks…: “Why don’t you use sabermetry and annexes to establish the salary of each bigleaguer?”.
Amigo Mayo…: Because the Major League Baseball Players Association does not accept it.
Rafael Rodríguez, from Turmero, asks …: “Why are the runs scored not so important when it comes to selecting a good hitter?”
Friend Rafa …: Who told you that this is so?
Rúber Luzardo Socorro, from Santa Bárbara del Zulia, asks…: “What was the Farándula team’s roster and in what year did the artists’ game leave?”.
Amigo Rubo…: It was not a game, but a series, played every year in stadiums throughout Venezuela, for 23 years, until 1982, between two teams, Farándula and Guaicaipuro (El Beisbol de los Artistas). Joselo (Simón with Guaicaipuro), Toco Gómez, Manolo Coego, Néstor Gutiérrez, Tomás Henríquez, Héctor Sánchez played with Farándula.
The two teams also played three times at Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium and West Point, with the New York Press, who in turn visited Venezuela three times, of course, to play against us, in Caracas, Maracay and Valencia.
Thanks to the life that has given me so much, even a reader like you.
