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October 2002 José Ariel Contreras Camejo, a famous Cuban pitcher of 31 years, married with two children, was incorporated in its national who was participating in an international tournament in Mexico. From there it reached San Diego in secret and then asked for political asylum to the U.S. hoping to continue his career in the Major Leagues, successful attempt in the past with many other Cuban players ...

Mission Accomplished (would be a crime to leave Cuba after seeing his performance at the Olympics and against the Orioles) and José loomed as an especially profitable from economic point of view that led him to run for the Yankees , the Chicago White Sox, the Colorado Rockies and finally Philadelphia Pillies.

artfully concocted After escaping from the hated capitalists, Contreras was repudiated by his great admirer, the Lider Maximo, who before then had always considered his favorite pitcher. The Cuban giant, 195 cm high by 100 pounds, had a fast 150 times he touched the ball and a fork nothing short of impressive. Americans do not think twice: it was too tempting a prey and rented a stone's throw away to have it escape. Not to mention the personal humiliation he would suffer Fidel Castro. Hailed as the ace of the Cuban national hero gold at Atlanta in 1996 (in home triumph hated enemies of the stars and stripes, fought for 10 to 8 in the group stage), Contreras got high marks even four years later in Sydney , despite the silver for Cuba, because of stinging defeat in the final 5 to 1 against USA.

Contreras But with the Yankees was sad because, despite the 38 million dollar contract, he could not hug his daughters and his wife Miriam, who continued to lead a humble life in Cuba because the Cuban authorities refused to grant them a pass for Nicaragua, the country from which they would then easily reached the States. But when he finally Contreras to join with them in 2004 as a result of political maneuvering never cleared, evidently in the meantime something had broken, because in a matter of time, the Cuban ace left his first wife to marry Isabel, an American woman who had already children.

introduction All this to get to the essence of the speech, because last year Kevin Smith (photo at right), the eldest son of Isabel, the second wife of American Contreras, at the age of 15 years seems to have expressed a strong desire to join a Japanese high school baseball to compete with the local school.
The news appeared on the curious national newspapers last week, to coincide with the ceremonies for entry into various schools in the country that are held in the first days of April. So was taken mainly from local Kyushu, the area where I live. Since the school chosen by Kevin Smith is just what Yanagawa, located in the southern prefecture of Fukuoka. Why the news around here has had a good resonance.

Obviously this is not a choice-fetched. It seems that at a time when military Colorado Rockies father José was forging a good relationship with one of the trainer team, look at a case Japan's Kyushu Yanagawa original high school. Learned that the school offered some scholarships for international students and exchange using the curriculum the child in addition to their credentials, Contreras leaned against the Rockies trainer so that the speech went through.
Certainly Kevin is fascinated by talk that the Japanese have done on and the atmosphere we breathe Koshien in Nishinomiya. In November 2009, Contreras and his family came in person to Fukuoka to travel information and to define the practice of school enrollment Kevin. He had even talked of a possible transfer Cuban ace the Softbank Hawks , but apparently has not really done anything.
Contreras said they had always been fascinated by the world baseballistico Japanese, who had learned about during some stage that it had made with the national team before the Cubana flight in the U.S., adding that one day he would like to compete in the NPB. Japanese reporters said that Cuba had launched the meager U.S. $ 20 per month, so no financial offer he would never scared.

Good blood does not lie, at least from the physical point of view, as the son of Contreras is 183 cm tall and the weight is about one hundred pounds, the same father. Kevin Smith plays the role of catcher and no one can deny him the praise it has received the launch of the famous father. Unfortunately, experience with baseball is reduced to just four years in youth leagues and U.S. it will be a bell ' handicap in relation to other teammates. The
Yanagawa is a squad of Fukuoka Prefecture, and between spring and summer, boasts 16 investments to total Koshien. Recently going through a period of fog, seeing the last performance at Koshien was in August of 2005 (a 3-2 defeat in the first round against Fujishiro of Ibaraki).
The institute recruits students from around the Kyushu and boasts a range of first-year students, all boys who have made baseball the goal of their youth. In this environment, the prestige of the school comes before everything else and some favoritism have less than nothing.
After the entrance ceremony at Yanagawa, during an interview, Kevin Smith said that the whole environment was expected to hear him say: "I make every effort to ensure that my team get to the Koshien! . One can see that someone must have suggested which were to touch a chord. We'll see if he can keep his positivity and enthusiasm After taking our first training ...

Yanagawa is about 40 kilometers from my home, but if the intersections of the elimination tournament permit, and if I get the chance, maybe I'll go look.