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01:16Very good, very good. I think the young and veteran league has a good balance and that is what makes a winter team win games.
01:27And being under the command of a baseball legend like Albert Pujols.
01:33Hey, very important. Albert is a person who, everything we are here, we saw what he did.
01:39He is a person who knows about baseball, who can help us in all aspects, mentally and physically.
01:44That is a pleasure to have him as a manager.
01:47Soilo, talk about health. How do you feel? At a percentage, more or less, how are you?
01:53And if you could say, more or less scheduled for when you could be ready with the team?
01:59Well, right now I can't tell you a date, but I think the recovery is going very well compared to a month ago.
02:08And I think I have progressed a lot, but I am already feeling in a very good condition.
02:18Percentage, more or less?
02:20Let's put a 60 out there.
02:22Soilo, the team looks like it has a lot of material.
02:26And a player of your quality, maybe at some point, will be on the bench because of the depth of the team.
02:35Wouldn't that be a problem for you at this stage of your career?
02:38Well, it's not a problem for me, but you know that you are always going to give your best.
02:43I am going to prepare myself as best as possible to do the job.
02:46And you know that this is a league to win, this is a league that is doing the job, the one that is going to play.
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03:01Well, excited, happy.
03:05First time in 10 years that I return to the Dominican Republic to play the winter ball.
03:11Everyone knows how complicated and how hard this league is.
03:14It is a very competitive league, a league that has players at the level of the big leagues.
03:19Mexico, Japan, Korea.
03:22And nothing, for me this is the best league of the winter.
03:26And without a doubt, in recent years it has been demonstrated.
03:31And nothing, here I am to help the chosen one to achieve the championship, which is our goal and our goal right now.
03:39The plans are to prepare yourself as best as possible to return to the big leagues?
03:44The plans are to play baseball.
03:46As I have been preparing myself for training, that's why I came early.
03:49That's why I prepared myself so that the league wouldn't surprise me.
03:55Yes, what can I tell you?
03:58Right now I am focused on the chosen ones.
04:01To go out there, to give my best, to play hard, to respect the game.
04:06That's the most important thing.
04:08The other step that you just mentioned, we will see in the course of the days and months,
04:14what appears or what they offer.
04:17If it is something that is worth it, I think we will make the decision.
04:21If it is something that is not worth it, you know, my family and my children are waiting for me.
04:26If Albert Pujol was a manager, did he have anything to do with your decision to play this year?
04:31No, not necessarily.
04:34I think I already had my decision this year that I was going to play.
04:39Apart from Pujol being the manager, you know, I had my mind to play this year.
04:46I had already said it several times that before I retired or whatever,
04:52I was going to play again in the winter league,
04:54whether with the team that was there or with anyone that was there.
04:58And having Pujol by my side is a blessing, it is a privilege,
05:02not only for me, but for all the boys,
05:05that tomorrow they can be the future of our country,
05:08that they can be, you know, a superstar in the big leagues.
05:11And I think that the boys, if they are watching this interview,
05:14if they are seeing these statements, please take advantage of it.
05:18Because not very often do you see a coach like the one we have.
05:23Not very often.
05:24You are going to have a manager who is going to be a hall of fame, first ballot.
05:29So, take advantage of him, ask him questions, question him.
05:34He is a manager who is going to be here,
05:37he is a coach who is going to be free for the rest of his life.
05:39It's good that you mentioned the team with which you were.
05:42You would have changed.
05:44Did he speak to you?
05:45Did you ask for a change?
05:47How did the change impact you?
05:49How did it happen?
05:50No, no, he spoke to me, you know.
05:52I think that the level that you have acquired through the years in baseball,
05:58many times, it gives you the facility, you know, to be informed and things like that.
06:04And nothing, when they informed me of the change, I only said yes.
06:10And nothing, you know, I always come here to Santo Domingo.
06:14I have always liked the capital.
06:16I am very grateful for the attention and all the love and respect
06:20that San Francisco Macorís gave me.
06:23But now, you know, it's a new stage, a new beginning.
06:27An organization that has been around for 9 or 8 years without seeing a championship.
06:31I think it's time, it's necessary.
06:35I think that the fanatic team of Scarlatta deserves a championship
06:41and also deserves that we, every day, come out on the field and play.
06:45Do you feel great to play?
06:47They used you as a second base, but we know that you had a third base.
06:50Do you feel comfortable to play physically?
06:52And right there, do you plan to go all the way with the Lions?
06:56Until now, I go all the way.
06:58Until now, I am available for the decision that Albert and the coaching staff made
07:02to put me in the position, in the place that he believes is best to help the team.
07:09I am one more, depending, you know, on my status as a baseball player.
07:16That does not mean that I do not have to come here to do my job,
07:20to do, you know, the best of me.
07:22This is a league that is very short, you know.
07:25Many changes are made.
07:27It is a league that, you know, because of the trips too,
07:30the player tends to get tired, etc., etc.
07:34But those are not excuses for you not to come here to the field to play
07:37and give the best of you.
07:38And that the fanatics see you, wow, that player came to play baseball.
07:42In a typical calendar for your office in recent years,
07:45what percentage is there, because no one knows your body better than you,
07:48what percentage is there right now of that insecure person
07:51who, year after year, is playing baseball in the big leagues?
07:54One hundred percent.
07:55I am fresh.
07:57I have been a year without playing.
08:00I am fresh.
08:01I feel very good physically.
08:04I am barely 34 years old, you know.
08:08Many people tell you, you have exploded.
08:10It is a rocket.
08:11It does not work.
08:12You are old.
08:13Now you come here to play because you do not have a job, you know.
08:17That is our country.
08:19I think that the Dominican, if he does not do that,
08:21he is not practically Dominican.
08:23That is why, at the same time, it fills us with motivation,
08:27with satisfaction to go out there and give our best
08:31and respond in the best way,
08:33going out there to play baseball and giving our best.
08:35Get ready again.
08:36The right, Jairo Asensio.
08:39A deep fly, but left field.
08:41The ball, back, back, back.
08:43And it went.
08:45Home run for Union Lake.
08:47And in this way, the Lions, in this inaugural game,
08:52leave Lisey on the field with victory.
08:55Three races for two.
08:57A line home run for Union Lake.
09:00Wow.
09:01That was the one that caught Davis, right?
09:03In the third episode.
09:04That appears now.
09:06He did not lift it as much as in the third episode.
09:09And he hit it.
09:12We were waiting for the height that the ball was carrying.
09:15But he hit it solid, he hit it solid.
09:18And he trusted immediately and stood still.
09:22So Union Lake gives the victory to the Lions
09:24with this dramatic quadrangular.
09:27And Albert Pujols makes his debut by winning in Lidon.
09:30That's right, Michel.
09:33You give it to me.
09:36Well, Union Lake.
09:38A well fought game.
09:40Above all, well hit.
09:42If you could say, what did you connect to?
09:44And if you were expecting that pitch,
09:46or did you react to the moment?
09:47Actually, I reacted to the moment.
09:49I was looking for a good pitch.
09:51I was looking for a try.
09:53The pitch was straight.
09:55And I was able to connect it.
09:57Union Lake, the first victory.
09:59Albert Pujols as a leader here in Lidon.
10:01What does that mean to you?
10:03I'm really happy and grateful.
10:05He really deserves it.
10:07We've been working for it.
10:09We expect a lot of good things from him.
10:13And from his staff.
10:15Let's go in order.
10:17Union Lake starts by winning a league.
10:19In the first 10 games, they can determine
10:21and go to the final.
10:23And you were the explosive hero in the first game.
10:25Actually, you know, we're all heroes.
10:27We're all pitchers.
10:29He had a good defense.
10:31We were able to hold him until he scored.
10:33And we were able to beat him.
10:35Actually, the first victory is good.
10:37But we can't be satisfied with that.
10:41Pujols, first victory here in the Dominican Republic.
10:43As a leader.
10:45But above all, a strategy war.
10:47It's a pretty tight game.
10:49How was it?
10:51Of course, I think you know that's the strategy
10:53you should use.
10:55Pitching, trying to get the guys ready.
10:57The guys are ready.
10:59We trust the plan we executed today.
11:03Because we talked to the coaches,
11:05with the staff.
11:07And we were prepared for this.
11:09It's a game that,
11:11thank God, was on our side.
11:13But there are going to be a lot of games
11:15during the course of the season.
11:17And we have to be prepared for that.
11:19Who else?
11:21David Herrero.
11:23David Herrero.
11:25Congratulations on your first victory.
11:29How did it feel to go out on the field
11:31and play your first pitcher?
11:33What went through your head?
11:35How did you feel on your first day
11:37as a leader?
11:39I felt really good.
11:41I think the confidence I've given him,
11:43and how I feel with the guys,
11:45the respect and the vibe
11:47that we have in the clubhouse.
11:49In the end, you know,
11:51the game is the game.
11:53You have to execute the plan
11:55that you have to reach.
11:57Sometimes there are days that will work,
11:59and other days that won't.
12:01For me to change pitchers,
12:03I knew that Kelly was going to do his job.
12:05I gave him the ball and said,
12:07let's keep him there,
12:09he's a good pitcher,
12:11and we'll go out on the field
12:13and give ourselves a chance,
12:15you know, to score.
12:17Valdez, your first victory
12:19against the Tigers,
12:21Before that, it went through my mind
12:23when I made my debut here,
12:25that I gave an inflict,
12:27and we let the Tigers slide on the field.
12:29So, really, it feels really good.
12:31I think the guys battled,
12:33they did their job,
12:35and that's what they're going to keep doing
12:37because they've prepared really well.
12:39Carlos Rodríguez.
12:41Ah, Blanquito.
12:43The great careers start with victories
12:45like this, for you, at home.
12:47Your first victory, what does it mean?
12:49I'm super excited, you know.
12:51It's a victory,
12:53I get home and I'm going to sleep
12:55really well. It's a day off
12:57for the guys tomorrow, they deserve it.
12:59And I'm ready for the Oriental Stars.
13:01At the end, it's a
13:03short season, but at the same time
13:05it's a long one. This is the beginning
13:07for the Lions of El Cogido,
13:09and we have to keep doing this
13:11and qualify,
13:13and we'll see where God takes us.
13:15Your last three questions
13:17would be Angel Aquino,
13:19Kramer, and we'll finish
13:21with Jennings.
13:23Albert, although the first game is not a parameter,
13:25however, looking at today's game,
13:27what do you think will be the lion's gate?
13:29Pitching, quick play, power?
13:31I think
13:33it's a combination of everything.
13:35If you look at our bullpen, the openers,
13:37the defense,
13:39I think we've prepared
13:41the guys so that every inning
13:43that they don't take, if you analyze
13:45well and look at the seconds and minutes
13:47that go by, I think that at the end
13:49you have to focus
13:51for 13 minutes or something like that, 12 and a half minutes.
13:53And that's what I ask
13:55of your guys, that every pitch
13:57that they're prepared and getting into a position
13:59to make a good play,
14:01look at that play
14:03by González,
14:05you know, with that
14:07chopper, the lip and tail.
14:09So the game is going to be won, and I think the leadership
14:11that's here, that's the team
14:13that's going to help us win this crown
14:15number 17, if God allows it.
14:17Albert, the first game,
14:19not as an active player, seeing it
14:21from another point of view,
14:23the feeling of being in a tight game
14:25and not knowing that it's your turn
14:27to bat, but having to direct
14:29that pressure.
14:31No, for me, my time has already passed,
14:33and I think I've been in a lot of situations like that,
14:35but as a manager, it's the same, it's baseball.
14:37You understand, there are going to be good situations,
14:39and I think that in the end
14:41you have to stay calm
14:43and execute, stay alert,
14:45put the guys in position,
14:47especially late in the game,
14:49you know that sometimes, especially
14:51in this winter break, a lot of things can happen,
14:53and put the guys in position
14:55so that they can make their play
14:57and execute it, and we have
14:59a chance, like we did tonight, to win.
15:01Helen? Albert, today
15:03a great game by Eric González.
15:05What does Albert have to say about Eric?
15:07Eric is like my little brother.
15:09I had the opportunity to share with him when I played here.
15:11I've known him for a long time,
15:13and really, the way Eric plays the game
15:15is his heart,
15:17and I think I just said it.
15:19He's a leader, and that's what
15:21he shows every day.
15:23He doesn't take any turns,
15:25he doesn't give away any turns,
15:27he always plays defense.
15:29Eric can
15:31defend you,
15:33and at the same time,
15:35he can bat like he did tonight.
15:37He has the instinct to
15:39play the ball, and he knows how to play the ball,
15:41and that's what you need,
15:43especially with a leader like Eric.
15:45For us, to continue this.
15:49How is it for other players?
15:51Well,
15:53it's the same thing, because we play baseball
15:55on the other side too, and we have the same mentality,
15:57which is to try to win every game
15:59so that we can
16:01enter the round robin and look for a championship.
16:03That's the mentality we all have,
16:05and I feel that it doesn't change much.
16:07We have the same mentality.
16:09After
16:11your entire career here at the City Stadium,
16:13what's your impression
16:15of getting here and seeing you
16:17and your fans?
16:19Well, I'm happy because
16:21they welcomed me with open arms.
16:23I had a group of players who
16:25welcomed me very well, like
16:27Cristian Adame, Fernando Abad,
16:29Rogers,
16:31all the guys welcomed me well,
16:33and when you have a new team,
16:35that's what you want,
16:37that people with family faces
16:39welcome you and welcome you well.
16:41How has your transition
16:43from an Aguilucha family
16:45to playing with the Corral been?
16:47Well, you know that for me it's a mystery
16:49that I grew up being an Aguilucho,
16:51but this is a business,
16:53and you have to be professional,
16:55and I'm from a very professional family,
16:57and now wearing the Bulls' jersey,
16:59as you said, playing 100%,
17:01I'm going to do everything I can to help my team.
17:03Francisco, I'm going to ask you about
17:05the family side, with the kids,
17:07the nephews,
17:09when the news came to the house,
17:11how did you handle it as a family?
17:13We didn't change at once,
17:15we put on the Bulls' jersey,
17:17and you're going to see my family
17:19sitting there with their Bulls' caps and jerseys,
17:21so we have to be the people
17:23who put the food on the table
17:25in our house, and I'm really grateful,
17:27because the Aguiluchos gave me the opportunity
17:29at the beginning of my career,
17:31but at the same time, we have to be grateful
17:33to the Bulls for giving me the opportunity
17:35to continue playing the game I love so much.
17:37Sergio,
17:39throw your fire!
17:41Did you think that this hunt
17:43was going to be
17:45with your dad,
17:47with TJ, and it was going to get to you?
17:49Well, you know that,
17:51as I said before, this is a business,
17:53and you know that there are new faces
17:55in our office, and they want
17:57something different,
17:59they have a different way of thinking,
18:01and the decision they made,
18:03you have to respect it,
18:05and you have to keep your head up,
18:07and continue being a professional,
18:09and continue with this beautiful smile we have.
18:11I'm on my way to the season,
18:13Francisco, how do you see the Bulls' team,
18:15and what are your personal goals for this season?
18:17Well, the Bulls' team looks pretty good,
18:19we have an excellent
18:21group of bullpen throwers,
18:23I think we also have a group of
18:25young and veteran guys
18:27who can do the work,
18:29and we're thinking about
18:31getting into the Round Robin,
18:33forgetting what happened
18:35last year, and last night,
18:37and trying to play
18:39baseball as they know how to play it,
18:41they're a pretty tough team,
18:43and we've seen it in the last few years.
18:45Francisco, you won't give any private interviews,
18:47ask the questions now,
18:49or shut up forever.
18:51Francisco, do you have any expectations
18:53for this season?
18:57Well, I hope it's a hot season,
18:59that it's perfect,
19:01like I've always said
19:03to the fans,
19:05I feel like I have to be careful
19:07every time I go to play
19:09in the reception,
19:11and I hope it's good,
19:13but if it's not good,
19:15you have to receive it with open arms,
19:17because you know we're a family,
19:19we're educated people,
19:21Francisco, how did you receive,
19:23or what do you think of
19:25Juan Lagares' appointment
19:27as the new captain of the Eagles?
19:29Well, he's my brother,
19:31and he deserves it,
19:33what better person to have there
19:35than a player who has played
19:37in the Dominican League for many years,
19:39I know the guys in there
19:41will have a lot of respect for him
19:43when he plays something.
19:45Zapin, would you like to give a speech
19:47and decide the game?
19:49Well, the important thing is to win the game,
19:51the important thing is to win the game,
19:53it doesn't matter if it's the Sirens,
19:55it doesn't matter if it's the Eagles,
19:57every time you cross two white lines,
19:59you always want to score
20:01to give the victory to your team.
20:03Francisco, we all know that the manager
20:05in the end is the one who decides,
20:07but have you discussed
20:09a plan of more or less
20:11the number of games,
20:13the role, taking into account
20:15that you also have a rival
20:17like you?
20:19No, no, he hasn't told me anything yet,
20:21the important thing is that he sat down with us
20:23and said that we're all going to play,
20:25we're going to play as a team,
20:27you don't win with the 9 that play there,
20:29you win with the group of 50 guys
20:31that we have on the roster,
20:33and every time they give us the opportunity
20:35to play, we're going to try to do the best
20:37we can, and you know that Offerman
20:39is a very communicative man,
20:41and that's what you want from a manager,
20:43that he has good communication with you,
20:45and that's how he told us that we're going to participate, everyone.
20:47We can control our house,
20:49prepare ourselves to face
20:51each game, it's really normal
20:53that everyone wants to win,
20:55but we have to go with the same hunger
20:57with which the other team comes,
20:59our job is to prepare ourselves day after day,
21:01and first of all do what we have to do,
21:03control what we can control,
21:05and obviously go out there to compete with each team.
21:07The fans always at the beginning of the season
21:09say that Jairo Asensio is over,
21:11the plans and the health and the conditions
21:13for the first day have been
21:15for the last, I don't know how many years,
21:17I don't see why it has to change,
21:19and if the good thing came and Jairo Asensio is over,
21:21we are calm.
21:25Thank you very much to everyone
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