Posted on 07/18/2013 2:54:06 AM PDT by Caipirabob
Last night was the 2013 MLB All-Star game. Ah, America’s pastime! Who doesn’t love a good baseball game? And what better way to open up America’s game then with a heartfelt rendition of ‘God Bless America’? And…wait, a minute. Who is this guy coming out to sing God Bless AMERICA?
(Excerpt) Read more at publicshaming.tumblr.com ...
Try that again.
Current list of Latin American players in the majors.
Cuba
Yonder Alonso
Yuniesky Betancourt
Francisley Bueno
Yoenis Céspedes
Aroldis Chapman
José Contreras
Yunel Escobar
Yasmani Grandal
Adeiny Hechavarria
Liván Hernández
Jose Iglesias
Leonys Martín
Kendrys Morales
Brayan Peña
Yasiel Puig
Alexei Ramírez
Eddy Rodriguez
Gaby Sánchez
Raúl Valdés
Dayán Viciedo
Curaçao
Kenley Jansen
Andruw Jones
Jair Jurrjens
Jurickson Profar
Andrelton Simmons
Dominican Republic
Fernando Abad
Tony Abreu
Al Alburquerque
Pedro Alvarez
Joaquin Arias
José Arredondo
Jairo Asencio
Erick Aybar
Antonio Bastardo
Miguel Batista
José Bautista
Pedro Beato
Adrián Beltré
Joaquín Benoit
Wilson Betemit
Emilio Bonifacio
Alberto Cabrera
Edwar Cabrera
Melky Cabrera
Robinson Canó
Joel Carreño
Alexi Casilla
Santiago Casilla
Lendy Castillo
Welington Castillo
Starlin Castro
Pedro Ciriaco
Maikel Cleto
Bartolo Colón
Román Colón
José Constanza
Francisco Cordero
Juan Cruz
Nelson Cruz
Rhiner Cruz
Johnny Cueto
Alejandro De Aza
Rubby De La Rosa
Fautino de los Santos
Samuel Deduno
Enerio Del Rosario
Juan Díaz
Rafael Dolis
Octavio Dotel
Edwin Encarnación
Jeurys Familia
Neftalí Feliz
Pedro Figueroa
Pedro Florimón
Frank Francisco
Juan Francisco
Rafael Furcal
Carlos Gómez
Mauro Gómez
Roberto Hernández
Elian Herrera
Ubaldo Jiménez
Francisco Liriano
Héctor Luna
Jhan Mariñez
Carlos Mármol
Luis Marté
Starling Marté
Víctor Marté
Cristhian Martínez
Fernando Martínez
Michael Martínez
Jenrry Mejía
Melky Mesa
Guillermo Mota
Yamaico Navarro
Juan Nicasio
Héctor Noesí
Jordan Norberto
Iván Nova
Eduardo Núñez
Juan Carlos Oviedo
Alexi Ogando
Miguel Olivo
David Ortiz
Jimmy Paredes
Felipe Paulino
Ronny Paulino
Carlos Peguero
Carlos Peña
Jhonny Peralta
Joel Peralta
Wily Peralta
Luis Perdomo
Eury Pérez
Juan Pérez
Luis Pérez
Rafael Pérez
Denis Phipps
Michael Pineda
Plácido Polanco
Albert Pujols
Aramis Ramírez
Elvin Ramírez
Hanley Ramírez
Ramón S. Ramírez
José Reyes
Fernando Rodney
Aneury Rodríguez
Wandy Rodríguez
Esmil Rogers
Sandy Rosario
Wilin Rosario
Carlos Santana
Ervin Santana
Ramón Santiago
Jean Segura
Moisés Sierra
Alfredo Simón
Alfonso Soriano
Rafael Soriano
Pedro Strop
Carlos Triunfel
Juan Uribe
Jordany Valdespin
José Valdez
Wilson Valdez
José Valverde
Esmerling Vásquez
José Veras
Carlos Villanueva
Edinson Volquez
lisandro Amezquita jr
Mexico
Alfredo Aceves
Luis Ayala
Luis Cruz
Jorge de la Rosa
Marco Estrada
Yovani Gallardo
Jaime García
Adrian Gonzalez
Édgar González
Miguel González
Luis Mendoza
Ramiro Peña
Óliver Pérez
Fernando Salas
Alí Solís
Joakim Soria
Sergio Romo
Luis Mendoza
Nicaragua
Everth Cabrera
Wilton López
Vicente Padilla
Erasmo Ramírez
Panama
Manny Acosta
Bruce Chen
Manny Corpas
Randall Delgado
Carlos Lee
Mariano Rivera
Carlos Ruiz
Rubén Tejada
Puerto Rico
Jonathan Albaladejo
Carlos Beltrán
Xavier Cedeño
Carlos Corporán
Iván DeJesús
Irving Falu
Pedro Feliciano
Javier López
Martín Maldonado
Edwin Maysonet
José Molina
Yadier Molina
Wil Nieves
Ángel Pagán
Alex Ríos
J. C. Romero
Jonathan Sánchez
Omir Santos
Geovany Soto
Andrés Torres
Mike Avilés
Brazil
Yan Gomes
Colombia
Ernesto Frieri
José Quintana
Donovan Solano
Jhonatan Solano
Julio Teherán
Venezuela
Bobby Abreu
José Altuve
Henderson Álvarez
Alexi Amarista
Elvis Andrus
Luis Avilán
Ronald Belisario
Rafael Betancourt
Gregor Blanco
Henry Blanco
J. C. Boscán
Asdrúbal Cabrera
Miguel Cabrera
Miguel Cairo
Alberto Callaspo
Ezequiel Carrera
Ronny Cedeño
Jhoulys Chacín
Endy Chávez
Félix Doubront
Edgmer Escalona
Alcides Escobar
Eduardo Escobar
Jesús Flores
Armando Galarraga
Freddy Galvis
Avisail García
Freddy García
Héctor Giménez
Jeanmar Gómez
Alberto González
Álex González
Carlos González
Marwin González
Franklin Gutiérrez
Jesús Guzmán
Félix Hernández
Gorkys Hernández
Luis Hernández
Ramón Hernández
Jonathan Herrera
Omar Infante
César Izturis
Maicer Izturis
Luis Antonio Jiménez
Sandy León
José Lobatón
José López
Jean Machi
Carlos Maldonado
Víctor Martínez
José Mijares
Jesús Montero
Miguel Montero
Franklin Morales
Guillermo Moscoso
Edward Mujica
Dioner Navarro
Lester Oliveros
Ray Olmedo
José Ortega
Gerardo Parra
Hernán Pérez
Salvador Pérez
Yusmeiro Petit
Martín Prado
Humberto Quintero
Guillermo Quiróz
Wilson Ramos
Juan Rivera
Francisco Rodríguez
Henry Rodríguez
Henry Rodríguez
Aníbal Sánchez
Eduardo Sánchez
Héctor Sánchez
Pablo Sandoval
Johan Santana
Marco Scutaro
Miguel Socolovich
José Tábata
Yorvit Torrealba
Alex Torres
Luis Valbuena
Brayan Villarreal
Omar Vizquel
Carlos Zambrano
Flaco Jimenez, the legendary Tejano accordionist.
Shoot, yes.
It’s very easy to make the leap from legitimate concern about a national issue such as illegal immigration to generalized racial or ethnic prejudice. It’s also totally dead wrong.
You can substitute “black criminality” for “illegal immigration,” and it’s still totally dead wrong.
I just don’t believe any regular viewer of baseball is complaining about this. Anyone racist enough to be offended by a Latin American singer would find baseball unwatchable anyway.
There is considerable logic behind your viewpoint.
Reminds me of when José Feliciano played and sang the National Anthem at a baseball game. He did it a little different. I thought it was beautiful, but a lot of folks got mad.
I was at a Pittsburgh Pirates game a few years ago where the 70’s rock band Foreigner, in town for a gig, sang the most beautiful a capella version of the Star Spangled Banner I have ever heard. And most of them are Brits.
I personally really appreciate when non-American performers do a nice job with our anthem. Many Canadian NHL arenas excel at this.
Those tweets are pathetic. The guy’s an American. That’s the kind of stuff the Democrats use against us.
I went to a Tiger’s game a couple of years ago and the National Anthem was sung by the players children in a Spanish/American mix. It was their Latin American day and the team played as La Tigres.
All the teams also play a couple of games in the Negro League uniforms and I happen to think its cool.
Baseball would be unwatchable to a committed racist.
Kesha, Beyonce, Gag gag and the like all suck.
He’s on the Kelly and Michael show right now and he addressed the issue. He was born and raised in NY......I like Salsa music and the guy is a great entertainer......
Flaco was with the Texas Tornados, circa 1990, when Freddie Fender was still alive. Ayayayayayay!
I love Tejano conjunto music. My children are horrified when I start to polka, though, especially if I also sing. There’s nothing more fun than horrifying one’s teenagers while listening to good music ;-).
im with you
a few weird posts from an oddball tumblr blog do not makean issue
what this is actually is a “see....I found racism somewhere”
posted for effect for whatever reason
and folks here. bless their hearts as is the custom cannot scramble fast enough prove they are of course equipped with proper kneejerk response denouncing racism or prejudice
meanwhile being white is literally under attack culturally and politically all from the top
and folks are largely castrated in their respective sponse
amazing
agit prop silly thread and it worked like a fat catawba worm on catfish
Sounds fun. I think the last time I was at a baseball game was the Oklahoma City team, so it must have been earlier than 1999.
I would let anyone sing a song in praise of our country. Anyone. I would be honored to have a foreigner, which he is not, sing something in our praise.
Those tweets are from low-information baseball fans.
Hopefully he didn’t mangle it, like Jose Feliciano did in the 1968 World Series.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.