Dominican right Luis Severino, from New York Yankees, spoke on Monday about the comments of today’s former president of Seattle Mariners, Kevin Mather that all baseball players must be bilingual and this is how he replied to the former manager:
I mean, I want everyone to do it, but it’s not easy to get to a new country. “
This response was due to those poured in last night by the former executive director, also the former executive director of Mariners, who was removed from the ship this afternoon. Mather spoke the following night before:
The most worrying comments were about how the perspective of star Julio Rodriguez and former Japanese pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma had or had difficulty speaking English, Mather complained about the cost of paying a Japanese performer for Iwakuma. Rodriguez has already responded to Mather’s comments with a few tweets.
While Mather repeatedly praised Rodriguez, Iwakuma and other players during the speech, his general breakdown of the Seattle list lasted more than a few awkward moments. For example, Mather referred to captor Luis Torrens as “Luis Torres.”
So good for Sevy (Severino), who also struggled to learn English in 2012, when he reached the Yankees minor leagues, although until 2013 he left for the USA.