Desde El Terreno // Salvador Pérez cerca de los 1.500 hits en Grandes Ligas
Entrevistas a Salvador Pérez, Luis Castillo y Freddy Fermín por parte de Mary Carmen Fariña en el Estadio.
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00:00From the playground of Laundry Pot Park, I was able to talk with La Piedra, Luis Castillo,
00:05the launcher of the Seattle Marines.
00:07Then I moved to the Kaufman Stereo in Casa de los Reales de Kansas City,
00:11where I was able to share with Freddy Fermin and Captain Salvador Pérez.
00:15From the playground is presented by...
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00:23Hang on, your smile is powerful.
00:26Hang on, 80 years in Venezuela, taking care of your smile.
00:34Fans of La Pelota and in the visit of the Marines to Miami,
00:37I had to talk with one of the most important members of the Seattle organization,
00:42as it is Luis Castillo, La Piedra.
00:45Welcome, thank you for sharing with us.
00:47Well, thank you for being here and sharing with us.
00:50One more day, thank God.
00:52Tell us about what your team is experiencing.
00:55Being leaders of the division and in a comfortable way, right?
01:00Well, yes, thanks to us, the players,
01:03who are giving 100% every time we go to the playground.
01:07And something exciting, to see all my teammates happy
01:13with the good work we are doing.
01:15What do you think are all those factors that come together
01:20to achieve those victories and be able to maintain them?
01:25Well, for me, the key is to work as a team.
01:28Working as a team gives us energy, we transmit energy to each other.
01:33And I think that has been one of the factors that has helped us the most this year.
01:37And something also important is that you are about to reach 1,300 punches in your career.
01:44A very interesting and important figure for you.
01:47Yes, last year I reached 1,000 punches.
01:52We are already halfway through the season, I'm almost at 300.
01:57Well, just keep working hard, giving back what is necessary to my arm,
02:04so that it is always healthy.
02:06Where does that nickname of La Piedra come from?
02:09There are two great stories.
02:11There is one that I don't think we will have time to tell.
02:15No, yes.
02:16Don't worry, until they say play ball we have time.
02:19It comes from when my mom was pregnant with me.
02:23You know, my grandmother, may God give her a lot of life and health.
02:28Those old people had their beliefs.
02:32When my mom was about to give birth, she already had the pain.
02:38They looked for a vehicle to take her to the hospital.
02:44My grandmother's belief.
02:46Every time my mom was in pain, she would put a stone on her head to calm the pain.
02:52I don't know if it was to distract the mind so that it wouldn't hurt down here.
02:57But it's a story.
03:00I don't know how to tell it.
03:02You know, they are stories that people practically don't believe.
03:07Because putting a stone on the head to calm the pain down here.
03:12I don't know.
03:13The second one is when they changed me to Cincinnati.
03:17There was an American pitcher.
03:20You know, a new kid in an organization.
03:23The first bullpen, I have to throw as hard as I can.
03:27In that bullpen it was 97, 98 miles.
03:29And I remember that he told me in Spanish, you throw a stone.
03:33When they took me to the Grand League in 2017, the first person I saw in the locker room was him.
03:39And he called me, welcome stone.
03:41And from there to here, that nickname remained, thanks to my crocodile, which I call the stone.
03:49Which of those players, those power hitters, have you had to face?
03:54You say, oh no.
03:56Has it been the most difficult?
04:00For me, the one who has always been difficult has always given me an eye in the star game.
04:07When I face him, he always gives me an eye, José Ramírez.
04:11We are from the same field, from the Dominican Republic.
04:15He is a tremendous guy, a tremendous player.
04:18Small, but I don't know how he does it.
04:21Wherever I see him, I face him, he always gives me an eye.
04:24And he has always been the only pitcher who has hurt me.
04:27And the park where you like to throw the most?
04:30Well, you know that home is home.
04:33Already with that fanaticism that we have there in the Mariners, tremendous.
04:38The fans transmit us a tremendous vibe, tremendous energy.
04:42And they are always supporting us throughout the game, no matter how it is going.
04:46They are always there giving us a good vibe.
04:48If you could have the opportunity, Luis, to bring any player to your organization,
04:54who would you choose and why? Give your reasons.
04:57Wow.
05:00Well, it will be after I can bring him, because the team is pretty good.
05:07But in the future, I don't know, a positional player, a veteran,
05:15since we have a few here, but more veterans than us, who can help us mentally.
05:22You know that the most veterans serve for our mentality.
05:28It doesn't matter how we are doing, whether we are doing well or bad,
05:31they always have that advice.
05:33That advice that no matter who you are, that inspiration of that good veteran
05:40that always gives us to continue battling day by day.
05:42Yes, but you threw me a curve.
05:44I left a straight, no man, no man.
05:48There are quite a few veterans.
05:52We already have Julio Rodriguez to bring to Maitrao.
05:57Ohtani has already signed for a long time.
05:59It doesn't matter, you have the power, Luis, the power to have him come at any time.
06:04Tell him, look, come here.
06:06Yes, look, for me, that person, I have always loved him, he has always helped me.
06:11For me, Eugenio Suarez.
06:14For me, he has been the number one person that when I came to the Grand League,
06:19I have always been there in the good times and the bad times.
06:22For me, he should come back here again.
06:25Thank you very much, Luis. A message for all the fans.
06:28Well, fans, we are here, La Piedra, giving the best we can when we go to the mountain.
06:35Everything does not go as we want, but you always have to accept the good times,
06:40the bad times, and always give a smile, no matter how you are doing.
06:45Here, La Piedra, always supporting you.
06:47Many blessings.
06:51One of the characteristics of the Venezuelan receiver, Freddy Fermin, this season,
06:55is the success of the players who try to steal bases.
06:58And he achieves that by playing with a lot of passion.
07:01Show your passion and not sweat with speed stick.
07:07Well, La Piedra fans, in my visit to the Kauffman Stadium,
07:11home of the Royals of Kansas City, I am very pleased to talk to Freddy Fermin,
07:16Venezuelan receiver of this organization of the Royals. Welcome, Freddy.
07:21No, really, thank you for the opportunity.
07:23Very happy to represent Venezuela, my family, and nothing, enjoying.
07:30Freddy, third campaign with Kansas City, and second in full time.
07:36How is this 2024 being for you?
07:39Look, very happy, enjoying the Big Show to the fullest.
07:45The team, we had a very difficult week, but like everything in baseball, difficult, good.
07:55But just keep working day by day and enjoy.
08:01And it has to be a luxury to have a teacher like Salvador Pérez, a reference in the reception.
08:11What do you admire most about him and how is your communication and your relationship with Salvin?
08:19Look, I've always said it, it's a person, it's something very special to have him as a partner,
08:26that you have come to life like this. He gives me a lot of advice on the field, off the field.
08:33Very happy, my best wishes for him, my respect, and keep learning from a legend like Salvador.
08:41You recently gave your hit number 100, tell us about that moment and if you saved the ball.
08:47Look, I didn't know about that moment, that I gave the hit number 100, I didn't save it.
08:53I don't know where that ball will be, but I'm very happy.
08:57And nothing, keep coming many successes and blessings.
09:01What is your routine and what have you taken from the advice that Salvador Pérez has given you?
09:11Look, as I told you, try to save energy, do quality, not quantity.
09:20Try to learn as much as possible, either in defense or in hitting.
09:25And as I told you, quality is better than quantity.
09:30You saw action in the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball with the Lions of Caracas.
09:35Tell us about that experience.
09:38Look, I'm very happy to play in Venezuela, in your country.
09:44It helps you a lot.
09:46For my part, I'm going to play, to learn how to call the pitches,
09:52to have better communication with the pitchers, to work on the pressure.
09:56It's something that I feel helps me in that part, to take good turns.
10:02And I would always like to keep going, and well, I'm just waiting for that moment.
10:08And here, with your organization, you also share with José Alguacil,
10:13who is the manager of the Lions of Caracas.
10:16How is that relationship with him in Venezuela and here in Kansas City?
10:21No, look, always with José, the communication, we have a lot of communication.
10:26As I told you, enjoying it there in Venezuela, here too.
10:31We have the same communication.
10:33He tells me, when I'm in a bad moment, he helps me too.
10:37He tells me a lot of things.
10:39Hey, you're doing this.
10:40And that's the most important thing, the communication and the friendship we have.
10:47Among the Venezuelans who shine in La Gran Carpa, we have Salvador Pérez,
10:51who is experiencing his third season at the Big Show and continues to give smiles to fans.
10:57Your smile is powerful. Hang on.
10:5980 years in Venezuela, taking care of your smile.
11:02Well, La Gran Carpa fans, it fills me with great joy every time I have the chance
11:08to talk to a player who always has a smile.
11:11Salvador Pérez, receiver, player of the Royals of Kansas City.
11:15Welcome.
11:16Thank you, Mom, for the interview.
11:18How do you, with this weather, put on all that clothing, go out to practice
11:25and last the whole game with that smile?
11:28Look, taking a lot of things that the doctors give us so that we don't get cramps.
11:35I think that's the key to this.
11:37Staying hydrated.
11:38I change my shirt like three times.
11:40But, well, doing what we like.
11:42I think that's the important thing.
11:44I change my shirt like three times.
11:46But, well, doing what we like.
11:48I think that's the important thing.
11:50Salvio, when you look in the mirror and analyze everything you've achieved,
11:58where you've played eight World Series games,
12:02five Golden Gloves, four Silver Bats, you've represented Venezuela.
12:07What else do you want, Salvador Pérez?
12:09To win another World Series.
12:11With God's favor, to have another chance, another opportunity to go to the playoffs.
12:17Really, after we won 2014-15, it has been quite difficult for Kansas City.
12:22And I think that would be another of my dreams.
12:25And you're on your way to live what will be your ninth Star Game,
12:31with which you would tie David Concepción.
12:34What does it mean to you to be present at this event?
12:39And which one has been the most special so far?
12:42Look, I think everything has been special.
12:44As a striker, every time you start a season, you have your personal things.
12:48And that's one of them.
12:50I've enjoyed everything to the fullest.
12:53I was at the retirement of Dele Gire,
12:55I coached Mariano Rivera in his last Star Game.
12:58I was with Miquel Cabrera, David Ortiz.
13:01Really, everything is special.
13:03You're very close to getting the 1,500 hits.
13:08How do you prepare for that moment, which would be another important milestone in your career?
13:13Look, I'm very happy.
13:15Well, with God's help, I go out every day to do my job,
13:17to help my team win, and I'm waiting for that moment.
13:21How do you see sharing the reception with another Venezuelan, Freddy Fermin?
13:27Look, he's a tremendous guy.
13:29I think that playing in Venezuela helped him a lot.
13:31All the things he did in Venezuela.
13:34He prepares every day, even though he doesn't play every day.
13:37He's always prepared.
13:39He's always like, I'll help you, I'll catch you.
13:42He's always on the lookout.
13:44He does the reports with me.
13:46He has a long career ahead of him, with God's help.
13:48And I hope that when I leave, he stays here.
13:51Salvi, how much has baseball changed?
13:54Not much.
13:56Since I joined in 2011,
13:58I, since 2011,
14:00if you ask someone who's been here longer,
14:02it has changed a lot.
14:03Right now we look like robots.
14:06With all the technology we have today.
14:08Look, there are a lot of new rules.
14:10There are only four, I think, now.
14:12Visiting the Lomita,
14:14playing with the buttons,
14:17the reports,
14:19analytics, sometimes
14:21listening to a person who hasn't even played this sport,
14:24just studied it,
14:26and they tell you how you have to pitch it,
14:29how you have to play it.
14:30I think it's like a lack of respect.
14:32Because there are things that you have, sometimes,
14:35like a gut feeling,
14:37like, how do you say that in Spanish?
14:39I forgot.
14:40Yes, like that,
14:42those feelings.
14:44The feeling that you can throw a pitch
14:47and it's going to roll to this part,
14:49so you move.
14:50Or if I see that it's like,
14:52foul, foul, I want to call it straight in,
14:54but the little doll says you can't call it straight in.
14:56So, it has changed a lot.
14:58But, well, you have to adapt.
15:00It's something that's being played today.
15:02And let's see what happens in 10 years.
15:12Zero.
15:13With the instinctive game, zero.
15:14I think there's nothing that,
15:17not even a few numbers can change
15:19what you're going to feel on the pitch,
15:20what you're seeing with your eyes.
15:22It's okay if they prepare you.
15:24We all have a plan.
15:25I'm going to make my plan tonight,
15:26I'm going to go out with my plan.
15:27But sometimes the game dictates you
15:29and it's going to change your plan.
15:30Sometimes in the first pitch of the game,
15:32you say, they're waiting for something else,
15:34so I have to change everything.
15:36What does this organization mean to you?
15:40Look, it's like my second home.
15:42The team that gave me the opportunity to sign in 2006.
15:47And from there, well,
15:49the work that one does.
15:51But really, when I was the manager of Hector Moore here,
15:54he helped me a lot.
15:55A tremendous person.
15:56Pedro Grifol,
15:57the manager with whom we won the World Series.
16:00I've seen a lot of people
16:02that really make you feel like you're at home here in Kansas City.
16:09That's all for today's edition.
16:12So stay tuned,
16:13we'll be back very soon with more From the Field.
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16:23Show your passion, not your sweat.
16:25Hang on, your smile is powerful.
16:28Hang on, 80 years in Venezuela,
16:30taking care of your smile.