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Last Updated: Jan 30th, 2008 - 12:43:31 |
HISTORY IN THE MAKING/HISTORIA EN EL ECHO
By Julio Pabón
Jul 6, 2006, 21:18
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Queens, NY: Score another one for the Latino sports community and the community in general, as history was made today when the NY Mets held their first ever press conference exclusively for the Latino press organized by Latino Sports and the Latino Sports Writers Broadcasters Association (LSWBA). The Mets now join the NY Yankees as the two major league teams that conduct these bi-lingual (Spanish – English) press conferences on a routine basis for the Latino press.
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| Delgado was the first Met player to interview with the LSWBA. (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
The first Met player to participate was first baseman, Carlos Delgado who was introduced as a recent New Yorker who has earned the respect of the Latino community for both his on the field as well as his off field performances that include his social and political convictions. Delgado smiled when he heard that and immediately felt comfortable with the over 25 LSWBA members that represented a good cross section of the tri-state’s Latino community.
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| Executive members of the LSWBA present Delgado the official shirt of the Retire 21 campaign. From left to right: Armando Talavera, ESPN Deportes, Carlos Delgado, Julio Pabón, Latino Sports & Renato Morffi, La MEGA/AMOR FM. (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
Other articles on this site will specifically address some of the questions addressed to Carlos and his responses, but one question that was addressed that relates to the historical nature of today’s press conference was on retiring Roberto Clemente’s # 21. “As a Puerto Rican I am proud to support retiring Clemente’s number and I will be the first to take off my shirt for that purpose,” Delgado answered. The press conference was a huge success and the NY Mets should be congratulated for accepting our proposal to begin these important press conferences.
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| Willie Randolph has always been on the principled side of things and he too gave his strong support to retiring #21. (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
We then went off onto the field to continue to make history on the issue of retiring Clemente’s number 21. The following pictures could say more than what we can. Enjoy and please call our offices for petitions on retiring number 21 and, or any additional information you might want.
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| José Bautista representing Clemente's Pirates signs in on retiring #21 (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
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| Tony Bernazard did not evade the question and agreed that #21 should be retired. (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
Queens, NY: Anoten otra para la comunidad Latina en los deportes y la comunidad en general por la razón que hoy se hizo historia en el Shea Stadium cuando los Mets de Nueva York tuvieron su primera conferencia de prensa con unos de sus peloteros en exclusividad con la prensa Latina. Los Mets ahora se han unido a los Yankees en hacer los dos equipos de la grandes ligas que permiten estas conferencias de prensa exclusivamente para la prensa Latina. Carlos Delgado, primera base de los Mets fue el primero y rápidamente se sintió muy cómodo en contestar todas las preguntas de una prensa que entiende a nuestros peloteros quizás un poco mas que los demás.
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| Ed Randal educating the masses on why Clemente's number 21 needs to be retired. (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
Las conferencia de prensa fue organizada por Latino Sports Latino Sports Writers & Broadcasters Association (LSWBA). Otros artículos en esta pagina tendrán mas información sobre esta conferencia de prensa, solo quiero mencionar que Carlos Delgado contesto la pregunta sobre el retiro del # 21 de Roberto Clemente en esta forma: “Soy puertorriqueño y claro que lo apoyo y será el primero en entregar mi camiseta en el momento que se haga.
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| Pedro Feleciano expresses his views on retiring # 21. (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
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| The first person to say YES to retiring # 21 was Omar Minaya. Here he expresses his views on film. (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
La conferencia fue un éxito y luego entramos al campo para hacer mas historia que las siguiente fotos demuestran mejor que nosotros.
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| José Hernández representing the Bucks and support for #21. (photo Lancio Rios/LSV) |
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