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Jeff PassanESPN
Houston Astros battle coach Alex Cintron made a disgusting reaction to Oakland Athletics ‘Outlander Ramon Laureano regarding his mother, asking Laureano to charge the Astros’ bench and lead Sunday to a melee that was expected to result in long suspensions, Laureano said. on ESPN on Monday.
After hitting a pitch for the third time in the series and panting for the second time in the match, Laureano yelled at pitcher Humberto Castellanos how to cut out a move well, and asked for a response from the bench of Astros. Laureano said Cintron issued a thesis against him, which Laureano returned. Then, Laureano told ESPN, Cintron said “in Spanish what you do not say about my mother.”
After the exchange of words, Cintron, as shown on repetitions, stepped out of the dugout of the first base and advised Laureano to join him. Laureano ran to Cintron, who was left behind by Astros players when Laureano was tackled and the benches for both teams emptied.
By an Astros employee, Cintron refused to talk about Laureano’s mother. He declined to elaborate on what he said.
Major League Baseball’s coronavirus protocol strictly discourages fighting, and the league is taking disciplinary action, sources told ESPN. While Laureano is expected to be suspended, Cintron stands because he is a coach and is expected to set a standard of conduct, according to a source to receive a significantly longer ban.
Laureano, 26, was drafted by the Astros in 2014 and traded to Oakland in 2017, where he has become an under-the-radar star. He hits .278 / .406 / .519 and has perhaps the best outfield arm in baseball, an unlikely outcome for a late-round pick from Northeast Oklahoma A&M who was sent to high school in the United States from the Dominican Republic as a teenager without knowing a word of English.
The only child of Nina and Ramon, Laureano said his parents are responsible for his career.
“Every day I wake up with the motivation to be with them,” he said. “They sacrificed their lives for me. They made the difficult decision to leave their own children by themselves to the States and follow his own dreams. I am 10 years away from my family. It is difficult to be away from them. “Every chance I have to be with her, I feel like I’m in heaven. So for him to say that to me about my mother, it’s not right. I have a fire in me in that second.”
Despite being hit three times, Laureano said, he had no bad will against the Astros. He does not believe any of the three hit-by-pitches were intended. Furthermore, he said, his frustration did not come from animus with the Astros for the sign-stealing scandal from their World Series-winning 2017 season.
“The other days I was on base, I chitchatted, talking about life and family on base,” Laureano said. “Everything is great. I’m coming together on the Astros.”
For example, said Laureano, catcher Dustin Garneau, who tackled Laureano before reaching Cintron, “protected me 100 percent all the time. I really feel the respect. He’s one of the best teammates I’ve ever had. He protected me. We were on the pipe. He said to me, ‘You well?’ I said, ‘Thank you, thank you.’ He said, ‘Do not worry.’ “
Finally, Laureano said, he wishes he had chosen not to run to the astros’ dugout and waste his time on Cintron. “I’m sorry I picked him up because he’s a loser,” Laureano told ESPN. “[A suspension] is understandable, but I hope it is not so much games.
“At the end of the day, I’m here to win a World Series with the Oakland Athletics – this wonderful group of boys. I do not want to be distracted. Of course I’m right now. Hey, I’m against Julio today. Tehran, and that’s all I think at the moment. “
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