‘It Means Everything to Me’: Cuban-American Eddy Alvarez ‘Honored’ to be a US Flag-Bearer

breitbart.com ^ | 7/24/2021 | Jacob Bliss

[rktman]

Eddy Alvarez, a first-generation Cuban American and Team USA baseball player, teared up talking about the honor of being selected as flag-bearer.

The 31-year-old shortstop for the Miami Marlins organization was captured in a video posted to the Team USA Twitter account, showing him tearing up as he talked about the “honor” of carrying the flag, mentioning how his “story represents the American Dream.” According to the New York Post, he was also the first baseball player to have the honor of holding the flag when leading the team into the opening ceremony in Tokyo.

[rktman]

And, on a positive note from the olympics. Thank you young man.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Eddy Alvarez, a first-generation Cuban American and Team USA baseball player, teared up talking about the honor of being selected as flag-bearer.

Mr. Alvarez is the kind of athlete and man I will support in the Olympics. The left-wing activists on the women's soccer team and the men's and women's basketball teams can all go to hell - they don't represent me and I will be rooting for them to lose.

[Laslo Fripp]

Thanks for posting. We can’t let the left control our lives. I will watch this team play. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[LibFreeUSA]

If the Castro Mafia is ever removed from power in Cuba, Cuba will be the strongest ally in the entire Americas continent.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Yes. I hope his teammates are more like him, and not like homo soccer girls.

Mostly what I saw was good USA chants in the group under the stadium.

[airborne]

The US women’s soccer team is greatly offended.