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Jaime LeidermanI'm sure he doesn't know who's Joe D, but I'm also sure that he has pressure... and maybe even more than most american players have had in the past.
He needs to prove many things, latin players need to work harder than americans to reach the big leagues, then have to play harder to stay...
Everybody remembers Joe D's streak record, but how many remember Molitor's?
Everytime he goes to the plate, he has a whole country behind him...and I mean WHOLE!
His hits will help many poor kids develop baseball skills, more scouts going over there, many, many things.
Even if he comes short, he'll be a HERO there.
For example, Sammy Sosa came short to Big Macs record, but he was able to find an Oil supply contract for the Dominican Republic at a very low price (from Venezuela), just because he send some balls over the fence... He became the best ambassador that country could have hoped!
Don't think Sosa knew much about Aaron or Ruth before 1998.
Shame on those Baseball writers!