I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.
I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.
When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba.
It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.
For me, baseball just brings up a lot of nostalgic, happy feelings because I enjoyed it as a kid, and I liked being out there playing in the sun, and it was a simpler time for all of us.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball.
I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.
It was all I lived for, to play baseball.
Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.