Desde El Terreno // Lo que dejó el Juego de Estrellas

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Conversamos con Adrián Beltre, Anthony Santander, Ethan Salas, Moisés Ballesteros y Elvis Andrus

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00:00Fans, I'm here at the Globelive Field with this special coverage of LoL Star Week.
00:06Many events that serve as a prelude to the long-awaited day, the celebration of the Star Wars game.
00:12And we bring you all the details of the game and the future stars, interviews with the protagonists and many more surprises.
00:20Stay there with us from the field.
00:23LoL Terreno is presented by Spin Stick. Show your passion, not your sweat.
00:30Hang on, your smile is powerful. Hang on, 80 years in Venezuela, taking care of your smile.
00:41Well, La Pelota fans, not every day you can share with a hall of fame.
00:45Thank you very much, Adrian Beltré, who is the manager of the future stars of the American League.
00:53You have already experienced them as a coach, but now you have all the responsibility, Adrian.
00:58It's difficult, it's different, but obviously we're here to help.
01:02There's a cast of coaches that help you a lot, it's much easier.
01:06But all the logistics are a little complicated, but it's part of the game, it's part of being here and enjoying these future stars.
01:14They have incredible talent, incredible talent.
01:17But as a manager, it's a little more work to do, but it's part of the game.
01:22Adrian, what was the best advice they gave you, and the one you want to pass on to these young promises?
01:30I think it would be to never give up, to have the right priorities, to keep working on what you want.
01:44In this life, anything is possible. There's nothing you can say you can't do.
01:50I'm a living example of that. I came from the bottom, I had my goals, I wanted to be a player in the big leagues,
01:59and I was able to do it the right way.
02:02Every child can see themselves in me and know that in this life anything is possible.
02:07Keep working hard and have discipline.
02:09Thank you very much, Adrian Beltré. Much success, especially in today's game.
02:14Adrian Beltré has always shown his passion and consistency in the field of play,
02:19and that led him to immortalize his name in the Hall of Fame.
02:23Show your passion, and not sweat with Speedsteak.
02:29Santander, congratulations on your first star game, which you won by heart.
02:34What do you want to take from this experience, and how are you experiencing it?
02:40I'm very happy and grateful to God for this great opportunity to be here.
02:44I think I'll take a little bit from each of these stars,
02:48and try to absorb every little thing from all these stars that are here,
02:56like Jock, Soto, Tani.
02:59They're great players, and I'll take this opportunity to enjoy it to the fullest.
03:05You come to this event with 24 players, 11 of them literally out of the park,
03:11equaling Chris Davis.
03:13What can we expect from Anthony Santander in the second half of the season?
03:17We hope to stay healthy, which is the most important thing,
03:21to be able to show what we can do,
03:24and we hope that many more guys come to help the team win, which is the most important thing.
03:30We have a segment called Arepa Power.
03:33I imagine you know how to make arepas, right?
03:35I'm terrible at it.
03:37I'm a good cook, but I'm not good at making arepas.
03:40I wish I could be like my mom.
03:42What do you think? Water or flour first?
03:45Flour first.
03:48If an arepa had your name on it, what name would you give it?
03:51I don't know.
03:54Arepa Anthony!
03:58And now it's time to listen to the prospects of the future stars.
04:06Well, friends of Baseball Play, I'm very happy to be able to share today,
04:11from the game of future stars in the Clubhouse of the National League,
04:15with a jewel, with a young promise in the receptory, the Venezuelan Ethan Salas.
04:21Well, Ethan, you were born in Florida, in Kissimmee, but you left the country
04:26when you were very young for Venezuela, right?
04:30Tell us about being the third generation of a family of players,
04:37starting with your grandfather, your uncle, your father, your brothers.
04:41Baseball is in the blood.
04:43Yes, of course. I've always been around the ball.
04:45My grandfather played, my uncle played, my father played.
04:48My brothers play.
04:51I've always been around the ball. It's what's in the blood.
04:55What are these feelings, this experience of being able to be present here today?
05:01I'm super happy, happy with the opportunity.
05:04I've always dreamed of being here in a big league stadium.
05:07Now we have to enjoy it.
05:10And being here makes you see that it's very soon,
05:15that longed-for dream of being in the big leagues.
05:20How do you visualize that moment, Ethan?
05:22Also, when you have all your eyes on you.
05:27I try not to think about that much.
05:29When the time comes, let's be ready and enjoy every day.
05:34Ethan, what do you want to take away from this great experience?
05:38Sharing with great players and stars in the world of baseball.
05:43I want to meet everyone here and share with them.
05:47Because in the future we'll be playing against the same team.
05:53I want to share with everyone and enjoy this weekend.
05:57Your first professional contract was with the Eagles,
06:00where you were able to see action.
06:03Tell us about that experience.
06:05And if you plan to play for the LBBP again.
06:09Yes, going to Zulia was a great experience.
06:13Playing with the Zulia team.
06:15I enjoyed it, I learned a lot.
06:17I think I'll play there again.
06:20What's it like to be a fan and to have seen those games in Venezuela?
06:25Good, good. The atmosphere there was great.
06:29Unique.
06:30Thank you very much.
06:33Friends of Baseball Play, this time I have with me
06:37a future star at the reception.
06:41The prospect of the Chicago Cats, Moises Ballesteros.
06:45Thank you for sharing with us.
06:47And above all, on these special days, celebrating All-Star Week.
06:52Thank you very much for the interview, for your time.
06:55It was a unique experience and I enjoyed it.
06:59You know that thanks to all your conditions,
07:02what you are doing in the minor leagues,
07:05the eyes are on you.
07:07Do you feel any kind of depression or anxiety
07:13for the moment when you can be present at the Big Show?
07:19The truth is that I always stay calm,
07:22believing that everything happens in due time,
07:25without having to advance or delay things.
07:29I always play my day-to-day,
07:32I never get ahead of the consequences.
07:34I always give my best to expect good things.
07:39In addition, offensively, you have been able to respond very well,
07:43even in your arrival at AAA, facing launchers with much more experience
07:48and in the reception, behind the plate,
07:51what you are doing with the cat.
07:54If we add those numbers,
07:56it would seem that you could make that leap to the big leagues
08:00in a blink of an eye, as soon as possible.
08:03Yes, of course, things are going very well,
08:06the numbers are excellent,
08:08but maybe the team thinks that I lack a few things,
08:13to gain more experience, to mature.
08:15And that's what I'm doing at AAA,
08:17trying to give my 100%,
08:19learn from the people who have time there
08:22and always give my 100%.
08:26What has been for you,
08:28some experience that has marked you so far,
08:34and the greatest learning?
08:37The greatest learning was told to me by a coach,
08:41his name is DeAngelo Jimenez.
08:43He helped me a lot when I had two bad days in a row,
08:48you could say from 4-0,
08:50and he only told me to take those days for fun and learning.
08:55From there, he told me to take every turn,
08:59every opportunity I had in the home,
09:02as if it were the last.
09:05And that has helped me a lot,
09:07it has helped me to calm down mentally,
09:11and the results have come out.
09:13What is the most complex or difficult thing about minor leagues?
09:18Hey...
09:20What happens is that...
09:23Many things.
09:26But more than anything, I can say that it's the mentality.
09:29The mentality in minor leagues is what can take you out of the ball,
09:33and keep you in the ball.
09:35My recommendation is to stay strong-minded,
09:38and always trust the talent that each person has.
09:41I imagine you must have a reference, an idol.
09:45Who is that model for you in the ball?
09:50It has always been Salvador Perez,
09:52because I like his way of playing, his style of play.
09:56He has been my idol since I was little.
09:58If you could put together a team of only Venezuelan stars,
10:05who would you call?
10:08I would call Rocho,
10:10Altuve,
10:12Rae,
10:15Who do you put in second place?
10:17Altuve or Rae?
10:19Or you put Rae in first place?
10:21I put Altuve in second place, and Rae in first place.
10:24I put Gabriel Moreno,
10:27Salvador Perez,
10:29and in third place, I put Eugenio Suarez.
10:33In the right field, Santander,
10:35in the center field, Acuña,
10:37and in the left field, Peralta.
10:39I thought you were going to put yourself in the reception.
10:43No!
10:44Later, later.
10:49In life, as in baseball,
10:51you can achieve many things through a big smile,
10:54as Elvis Andrus has done throughout his career.
10:57Hang on, 80 years in Venezuela,
10:59taking care of your smile.
11:04Ball fans, I am very happy to have a few minutes
11:07to talk to Elvis Andrus,
11:09who has the responsibility of being an instructor
11:12for this game of future stars of the American League,
11:16also supporting your friend Adrián Beltré,
11:20who is the manager of this team.
11:22How are you experiencing this moment, Elvis?
11:25No, super.
11:26Actually, I'm enjoying this new facet of coach.
11:29I'm going to be coaching third base today,
11:32but happy, happy to be here in my house,
11:35where I played most of my career,
11:38and happy to see my ex-teammates,
11:40to see the new generation of the big leagues,
11:43and the talent they have,
11:45and the hunger and desire to play.
11:47Actually, super happy and with a lot of honor
11:49to be here today.
11:51How do you see the future of baseball
11:53and that generation of relegation?
11:56No, super good.
11:57I think, I don't understand sometimes,
11:59I'm a 18, 19-year-old boy,
12:01and I'm not so nervous, so relaxed,
12:04and I really don't understand it,
12:06but when I played my first, I was 18,
12:08and I was super nervous,
12:10and to see now such a young team,
12:12and the way they behave,
12:14and how they play,
12:15actually, it's good.
12:16It gives me a lot of, you know,
12:18a lot of happiness to see them,
12:20how they play,
12:21and nothing, enjoy your day today.
12:23Elvis, seeing you in this facet as a coach,
12:26can you think that you already have
12:29that facet as a player?
12:33Well, yes,
12:34a lot of people have thought that way,
12:36I haven't officially retired yet,
12:38I'm still in that,
12:39I'm thinking if I retire or not,
12:41I think that soon,
12:42in a month and a half,
12:43I should make that decision,
12:45if I'm going to make the decision
12:48to play next year,
12:49or if I retire,
12:50but we're in that,
12:51I don't try to worry a lot
12:53right now, right now,
12:54in that decision,
12:55but to enjoy today.
12:56And if first you live being
13:00in the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball,
13:02with the Magallanes Navigators,
13:04what else is there?
13:05Robinson Chirinos is there now?
13:06Yes, yes, Robinson is there,
13:08Ramo Hernandez,
13:09the coach of the bench,
13:11I've already talked to them,
13:12I've already expressed to them
13:14that I don't think I'll play this year,
13:15but yes, I've always said
13:16that before I retire,
13:17I can retire here,
13:18and I also played in Venezuela,
13:20so I haven't retired yet,
13:23but I do hope to play in Venezuela
13:25before I don't play anymore.
13:27What are the factors that still prevent you
13:29from being president of the LVVP?
13:32My family,
13:33at this moment my family,
13:34my children,
13:35they were born here,
13:37they don't have the documents in Venezuela,
13:39and one of the things
13:41that I didn't decide to play for,
13:43to go to the minor leagues this year,
13:45and if not come to my house,
13:46is to be with them.
13:48I've been a professional for 20 years,
13:50I haven't had the luck
13:52to enjoy a July at my house,
13:54or go on vacation in August,
13:56and that's what I'm doing right now,
13:59so I'm 100% for my children,
14:01my family,
14:02my mom,
14:03my brother,
14:04and it's delicious,
14:05I think it's something
14:06that I didn't think
14:07I was going to enjoy so much,
14:08I thought I was going to be
14:09very focused on baseball,
14:10but no,
14:11I've really enjoyed this free time,
14:13and I hope to finish the year like this,
14:15to be able to make a concrete decision.
14:17Elvis, to close,
14:18your message,
14:19advice,
14:20for those players,
14:22these future stars,
14:24above all,
14:25to be able to get to the major leagues,
14:27and stay there.
14:28Yes, no,
14:29to keep working hard,
14:30I think that's number one
14:31for all players,
14:32talent,
14:33we all know they have it,
14:34so the difference between
14:36getting there and not staying,
14:38is consistency,
14:39hard work,
14:40always thinking,
14:41that you're a rookie,
14:43never letting fame
14:44get to your head,
14:45I think those are the things
14:47I always try to convey
14:48to the young guys,
14:49to remember where they come from,
14:51that memory,
14:52that foundation,
14:53is what's going to help you
14:54stay in baseball
14:55for many years.
14:57Thank you so much,
14:58Elvis Sandro.
15:01I hope you enjoyed
15:02this special coverage
15:04of the 94th edition
15:05of the All-Star Game.
15:07Baseball Play,
15:08always with you,
15:09from the field.
15:13From the field,
15:14presented by
15:15Speed Stick.
15:16Show your passion,
15:17not your sweat.
15:19Hang on,
15:20your smile is powerful.
15:22Hang on,
15:2380 years in Venezuela,
15:24taking care of your smile.
15:27Thank you.