Obviously - the posts above indicate that some of you did not read, understand or comprehend what was written in the article. You don’t know what it is like to come from nothing to something, be discovered by accident and thrust on a new cultural scene. Try riding a raft from Cuba to Mexico - check in with us and tell us how you did that.
Only in this country is excuses made for everybody. Everywhere you look excuses. This writer must believe that every poor athlete in the world must come from the DR exclusively. How come some poor kid from Ghana or Nigeria doesn’t get the benefit of constant excuses when that kid shows up in London to play for Chelsea or Arsenal. He is expected to show up on time and play hard at all times. If he doesn’t, back to Africa he goes. In the top leagues in Europe players come from all Continents of the globe, yet nobody makes excuses for them. Even those from Latin America seem to get on fine in England, Germany, even Russia for Pete’s sake. There is a 25 year old player from Mexico named Javier Hernandez playing for Manchester United, about the same age as Puig. Now you could not have a bigger cultural difference than Guadalajara and Manchester, but this guy seems to be doing fine. How come this player Hernandez can adapt to Manchester, but Latin MLB players cannot adapt to the US, where Spanish is spoken everywhere. I do not think you hear much Spanish in Manchester.