Tonight in Seattle the Major League Baseball season has its mid-season All-Star Game. In an era when baseball stars are routinely signing long-term $40-million-dollar-a YEAR contracts, I believe two 25-year-old Center Fielders -- Luis Robert Jr. and Ronald Acuna Jr. are the two best baseball players on the planet. They are from two baseball meccas -- Cuba and Venezuela -- that are under dire and cruel economic sanctions from the United States. And Yet both Cuba and Venezuela continue to produce many of the top Superstars in the U. S. Major Leagues, such as Robert from Cuba and Acuna from Venezuela.
Above you can see the starting Batting Order for the American League for tonight's All-Star Game in Seattle. Note that Luis Robert Jr. is not listed although he is the best player in the AL as a brilliant Center Fielder and Slugger {26 homers already this season} for the Chicago White Sox. Robert also played Center Field for Cuba in this year's World Baseball Classic played in Tokyo. But while Robert is not in the starting batting order shown above, Cuba still has three of the first six hitters for the American League -- with Arozarena hitting #3, Diaz #5, and Garcia, #6. This Batting Order attests to Cuba's love for baseball, and also for Cuban parents knowing that Major League Baseball stars in the U. S. now routinely can command long-term contracts paying over $40 million dollars a YEAR!!
This photo shows Yordan Alvarez's family watching him play for the Astros in Houston. Left to right is Yordan's father, mother, wife Monica, and his brother.
From Cuba to the United States with lots of Love and lots of Wealth in Houston. This photo shows Yordan Alvarez with his wife and their two children.
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