Posted on 05/16/2015 8:46:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Tucked away among the tilled plots and scrubby pastures of this rural town, the Seattle Mariners’ baseball academy is mostly abandoned. The weight room has been cleared of machines. The numbered locker-room stalls are bare.
One afternoon last week, a grounds crew pulled out bases from the main field while workers packed away a few stray trophies, bats and uniforms. But the teenage prospects who shared bunks here just three weeks ago are gone, shipped off to a newer school in the Dominican Republic.
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(sigh). Nothing crushes economic activity quite like socialism.
It’s an unstable country — but one that has produced many fine baseball players.
No toilet paper-...........
How can you hit a major league slider when you have to wipe your a$$?
Because they’d rather face a spitball than a......
Boo-hoo for the socialists in Venezuela. HOORAY Dominican Republic.
DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic.
And beauty queens
Funky calves.
I don't know if big leaguers still play winter ball.
But too bad for Venezuela.
Can't say I blame MLB for pulling out.
The only surprise is that the glorious leader of Venezuela hasn't "forbidden" teams to leave.
ping
Jose Altuve - Another successful Venezuelan ball player.
I spend a lot of time in Colombia and have met a lot of Venezuelans that have left due to the economy and violence.
A childhood friend of my wife was visiting Colombia and told us some horrific stories. No food no paper no nothing. She is married to a Venezuelan and wont leave him so she went back.
He lost his job and pension when he spoke out against Chaves and now they just barely scrape by.
Colombia on the other hand is booming. New construction everywhere and there economy is based on free markets, taxation is like the a Fair tax concept and the pension system is a huge success.
Almost everyone is in a “union” but there the unions are for the working folks. Investments by “unions” has produced a massive boom in construction.
Because they actually have some brains?
Completely restored with new parts!
Miguel Cabrara.
Calves? I don’t see any calves...
Yesterday, Miguel Cabrera took the record for most home runs by a Venezuelan born player with number 400.
He hit number 400 home run yesterday.
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