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Lefty reliever Anthony Banda makes best of chance with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where manager Dave Roberts says the team struck gold with his acquisition from the Guardians this year.
#Dodgers
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Jose Altuve has some moves!
The 2017 AL MVP, two-time World Series champion, eight-time All-Star and Astros leader is enjoying being with his gente in Venezuela.
#Astros
#LevelUp
#Venezuela
#JoseAltuve
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Texas State Senator
@CarolforTexas
, a loyal
#Astros
fan who travels to many Astros postseason games and spring training, was at the White House today. She represents the East End district where Minute Maid Park sits. She led a Chas chant.
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The fan who ran on the field in hopes to taking a selfie with Jose Altuve told Altuve that the
@astros
needed to win Game 2 of the
#ALCS
because he spent all his money on the
#postseason
tickets.
#levelUp
Altuve was willing to take a selfie with the fan before he was arrested.
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“Baggy,” Jose Altuve said, “I’m going to hit off the machine.”
“You want me to go watch,” Jeff Bagwell said.
“Yeah,” the 2017 AL MVP told the 1994 NL MVP, who got up and followed Altuve from one field to the other at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.
#Astros
#Venezuela
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Carlos Correa stopped by press row between fights in the main event to say hello. He loves
#UFC
, and he’s having a blast at
#UFC271
. Moreover,
@TeamCJCorrea
has granted many selfies to his fans.
#Astros
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With a toughness and determination that defines the Latino community, Sebastian Castro was one of the biggest stars on Iowa
@HawkeyeFootball
’s stingy defense.
Castro is Our Esquina’s 2023 College Football Player of the Year.
Congrats,
@castro2x5
!
🔥🇲🇽🇺🇸😀
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Julio Urias has a Mexican flag draped on his shoulders right now. The native of Sinaloa earned the save in
#Game6
of the
#WorldSeries
🇲🇽
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UCLA’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. got after it at the
#NBACombine
#NBA
@jaquez_jr
, the 2022-23
@pac12
Player of the Year, is one of the best Mexican American college basketball players in history:
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“After everything I did for the (Astros)?organization, that’s in the past,” Carlos Correa says of MMP boos. “Now like I’ve moved forward they’ve moved forward as well. I understand it. They want their team to win & they want me to strike out every time. It’s totally normal.”
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Kanas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco showed his Puerto Rican pride after earning his second Super Bowl title.
@isiah_pachecoRB
rushed for 59 yards on 18 carries. He also caught six passes for 33 yards.
📸
@AdanManzanoA
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An absolutely beauty from Astros Spanish language broadcaster Francisco Romero (
@FRomeroAstros
).
Turn the volume all the way up for this historic call!🇻🇪🔥🔥🔥
#Ready2Reign
#Postseason
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Iowa star Sebastian Castro, Our Esquina’s College Football Player of the Year, is officially a college grad, following his older brother as the first two in his family to graduate from college.
Congrats,
@castro2x5
…
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As a teen in the
#DominicanRepublic
,
@aggiembk
's Andersson Garcia wore shoes 2 sizes too small before borrowing some from friends to play hoops.
Now
@mamba___11
defines the Aggie spirit with his smile, grit and giving nature.
#GigEm
#NCAATournament
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This is the type of attentiveness that has endeared Dusty Baker to his players and their families.
Kiki Walle, the 9-year-old son of Texas State
@RepWalle
, visited with Baker,
@JustinVerlander
& first base coach Omar López at a reception at the White House today.
#Ready2Reign
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Check out
@ABREG_1
’s perfect Spanish as he chats with
#Cuba
baseball legend Lourdes Gurriel while teasing
@el_yuly10
.
#Astros
#ForTheH
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Maria Sanchez aims end stereotypes, inspire Latinas
“My main goal as a professional athlete and as a professional soccer player is to set a good example to pave the way,”
@Maria17_7
says.
#ElTri
@HoustonDash
#NWSL
#Latinas
#Mexico
@miseleccionmxEN
🇲🇽🇺🇸
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LSU’s Aalyah Del Rosario left her family in the Dominican Republic at 12 years old to pursue a basketball career. With the help of Puerto Rican teammate
@AngelicaVelez05
, she and Velez have blossomed.
@del_aalyah
@LSUwbkb
#MarchMadness
#Latinas
🇩🇴🇵🇷🇺🇸
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Wake Forest’s Danny Corona Jr.’s parents were teens when he was born, prompting them to drop out of high school and move into an NYC housing project.
Now
@DC7Jr
capitalizes on father’s sacrifices while helping No. 1
@WakeBaseball
reach the
#CWSOmaha
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Astros GM Dana Brown says Jose Altuve’s oblique ailment isn’t as bad as the one he had earlier this year.
#Ready2Reign
They will reevaluate more tomorrow.
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Two-time World Series champ and 2021 AL batting champ
@el_yuly10
has switched agents. Yuli Gurriel signed with
@MrDiegoBentz
, who also represents former AL MVP Jose Abreu, who recently signed with the Astros to take over Gurriel’s old first base spot.
#Cuba
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When it was time to take recruiting trips to some of the top football programs in America, USC commit Marquis Gallegos grabbed the Mexican flag that once hung prominently in his father’s childhood bedroom.
@marquisg02
#USC
@isaac_g06
🇲🇽🇺🇸
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San Diego State assistant basketball coach David Velazquez is proof hustle & talent can take you far. He joined the Aztecs as a student manager in 2002-2003. He was the head manager the next 3 years & and got an athletic scholarship. Now
@DaveV_SDSUHoops
is
#FinalFour
bound.
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Iowa’s Sebastian Castro, who once shared a bed and bedroom with his brother and mom, learned patience, love early.
The
@bigten
Defensive Player of the Week is grateful for the grandparents who helped raise him after his father went to prison.
@castro2x5
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The Cruz family poses after Jose Cruz Jr. is introduced as coach.
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Future Hall of Fame manager Dusty Baker is retiring.
The bilingual Baker was down with Our Gente. He’s the closest thing to a Mexican manager without being a Mexican.
Johnnie B. Baker Jr. will always be welcome at the Carne Asada. He’s the greater manager in Astros history.
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Put this Alex Verdugo quote on a T-shirt.
“Mexicans, we know how to ball, man. We can compete with the best, USA, Puerto (Rico), Japan. We can play at the top of that level. Hopefully more kids want to start following that path.”
#Mexico
#WorldBaseballClassic
MexicoDeMiSangre
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If you add the jersey numbers of the two Mexican Americans -
@ChrisCortezz10
&
@camarillo_ali
- playing key roles for
@AggieBaseball
, it fittingly adds to 12 at the home of the 12th Man.
#LatinoExcellence
#GigEm
🇺🇸🇲🇽
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Arizona Diamondbacks star Lourdes Gurriel, who is having an All-Star season, became an American citizen today.
Felicidades,
@yunitogurriel
!
🇨🇺🇺🇸
📸 Lourdes Gurriel IG
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The
@HoustonDash
added another Mexican National team player in Diana Ordóñez. The Dash acquired her from the North Carolina Courage. She scored 11 goals in 19 appearances during her rookie season in 2022 with the Courage. 🇲🇽
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Horrible foul.
#mexico
star
@HirvingLozano70
has suffered a horrific head injury against Trinidad and Tobago.
#GoldCup21
#CopaOro
#ElTri
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“Happy, proud, I don’t have the words. I’m very happy and proud of the son that I have,” Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez’s mom Mailyn Cadogan Reyes said after he hit a 3-run walk-off homer in the first
#Postseason
game they watched in person.
@OurEsquina
#LevelUp
#SeaUsRise
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“I think I’m ready,” Jose Altuve said.
He hopes to return off the IL without a rehab assignment.
#Ready2Reign
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“For me right now he’s the best hitter in baseball. … He’s better than people think,” Jose Altuve says of Yordan Alvarez, who was recently rated as the best left fielder in baseball by
@MLBNetwork
l.
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University of Miami signee Juan Minaya is nicknamed the "Door" because he opens giant holes. The Paramus Catholic lineman also hopes to open doors for fellow Dominicans who aspire to play football.
@Juan_Minaya77
@CanesFootball
@coach_cristobal
🇩🇴
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Damien Martinez is our
#Latino
College Football Player of the Week.
Cal became
@damienfor6
's latest victim.
@BeaverFootball
’s 6-ft wrecking ball rushed for 105 yards on 23 carries.
Martinez has eclipsed the 100-yd rushing mark in four consecutive games.
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How can you not like José Altuve?
After batting practice, Altuve hands his bat to a fan from Taiwan.
#Ready2Reign
#Postseason
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Marlins Ace
@sandyalcantar22
took all the
@Marlins
’
#Latino
minor-leaguers to eat. Sandy gets it!
#Hermanos
#DominicanRepublic
#Marlins
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From downtown at Rucker Park.
@AALIYAH2CHAVEZ
capped her performance at the SLAM Summer Classic with a 3-pointer from half court.
The junior from Lubbock’s Monterey High showed why she’s the top rated girls basketball player in the Class of 2025.
🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Jeremy Peña was part of every moment that gave the
@astros
the lead for good in the DS against the
@Mariners
. He singled to set up Yordan Alvarez's walk-off 3-run blast in Game 1. He walked before Alvarez's go-ahead HR in Game 2. He homered to win Game 3.
#LevelUp
#SeaUsRise
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Mexico’s Diana Flores stole the show with the best commercial of the
#SuperBowl
so far.
#OrgulloMexicano
🇲🇽
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Astros great Jose Cruz was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night.
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Marciano Cantero, the lead singer behind one of Spanish rock’s most beloved bands, Los Enanitos Verdes, has passed at the age of 62.
The band’s most famous song, Lamento Boliviano, is easily one of the grooviest songs to jam to.
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Cumbia King Ali Camarillo has the 12th Man shaking maracas and dancing to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., to the tune of 'El Tao, Tao.'
#GigEm
#CollegeWorldSeries
#Omaha
#LatinoExcellence
@camarillo_ali
@AggieBaseball
@tamhn_aggies
#Mexico
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#GirlDad
!
Houston
#Astros
’ manager Joe Espada and his two daughters, Viviana and Eliana, present tonight’s match ball for the
@HoustonDynamo
playoff game!
#SomosFearless
#PuertoRico
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With Mariachi playing and Alejandro Kirk, the first Mexican catcher selected to an
#AllStarGame
catching, the icon Fernando Valenzuela threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium. Viva Mexico. Viva Fernando.
#Mexico
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Mexican and Salvadoran pride!
Marquis Gallegos, who proudly took his dad's Mexican flag all over the country on recruiting visits, has signed with USC.
…
#FightOn
🇲🇽🇸🇻 🇺🇸
Get it,
@marquisg02
.
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.
@poloascencio
and
@BengieMolina1
are building more than a Spanish-language broadcast in St. Louis.
They are also growing the St. Louis
@Cardinals
' reach into St. Louis'
#Latino
community.
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Give Framber Valdez the Gold Glove now. Señor Calidad pulled off the behind the back stab and right handed toss to second. Then he induced a double play grounder to short to escape unscathed after letting the first two batters reach.
#Ready2Reign
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Former big leaguer
@kirk_saarloos
raves about his
@TCU_Baseball
shortstop Anthony Silva. Silva reminds him of 2022 World Series and ALCS MVP of the
@astros
.
Saarloos, who played for the Astros, knows his stuff. That’s big time praise.
Keep an eye on
@antwansilva1
.
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History.
Dave Canales, a Mexican American from L.A., has been named the head coach of the
@Panthers
. He’s the 5th Latino head coach in
#NFL
history. He follows Tom Fears & Tom Flores, & Ron Rivera & Brian Flores.
#LatinoExcellence
#Latinos
@TheCoachCanales
@RiverboatRonHC
@NFL
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Adolis Garcia was furious and was ready to fight Astros catcher Martin Maldonado, who didn’t engage a guy clearly ready to fight.
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#SanDiegoState
assistant Dave Velasquez credits his father Rick, a former probation officer and basketball coach, with instilling the work ethic that helped him pay his dues with the national finalists.
#MarchMadness
@DaveV_SDSUHoops
@LABCBasketball
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"Julia is not only a role model for Valerie but for every little girl out there who wants to be involved in the sports world,”
@MattClark60
said of
@JuliaMorales
.
#MLB
#Astros
Julia Morales balances motherhood, career after surviving Texas Freeze
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This is cool.
Texas A&M basketball star Boots
@Tyreceradford23
waves a
#DominicanRepublic
flag in honor of teammate Andersson García.
@mamba___11
is a fan favorite at Texas A&M!
#GigEm
#PlatanoPower
📸
@ByJoshChambers
🇩🇴
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If you’ve seen this picture of J.R. Richard, you would probably enjoy the story behind it.
#RIPJRRichard
#Astros
#ForTheH
#PHOTOS
#photograghy
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Mexican tradition calls for
@HoustonTexans
rookie CJ Stroud to throw a feast after he found the Baby Jesus doll in the
#RoscaDeReyes
on the day of the Candelaria, or the Epiphany.
@CJ7STROUD
is the gift who keeps on giving. Great job by
@espnsutcliffe
.
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Dave Canales will be the 5th Latino head coach in NFL History.
@DcoachCanales
follows Tom Fears & Tom Flores, Ron Rivera & Brian Flores.
Like Fears, Flores & Rivera, Canales is Mexican American.
@RiverboatRonHC
also has Puerto Rican roots.
Tom Flores & Fears are Hall of Famers.
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Ronald Acuña Jr. is playing winter ball in Venezuela on the night he won the National League MVP Award.
Congrats,
@ronaldacunajr24
.
🎥
@tiburones_net
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American Mexican
@MattClark60
is hot at the right time. He has done more than enough to deserve a spot on
#Mexico
’s Olympic team. After all, he helped Mexico qualify for the
#Tokyo2020
Games.
Matt Clark manda a todos a dormir 🚀💣💤
Bambinazo de dos carreras para darle a
@NacimosBravos
el triunfo en maratón de 1️⃣3️⃣ entradas ⚾👊
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UTEP's
@reyflores_
and Miami's
@XavierRestrepo1
highlighted an impressive weekend for
#Latinos
in
#CollegeFootball
Flores, who puts the "scholar" in scholar athlete, is Our Esquina's Player of the Week.
UTEP’s Reynaldo Flores shines against Oklahoma
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While his brother
@jaquez_jr
and sister
@gabrielarj11
dominate on the hardwood for
@UCLAAthletics
, the youngest Jaquez sibling
@MarcosAJaquez
is carving out a name for himself on the gridiron for Camarillo High in Southern California.
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Jose Cruz Jr. capitalizes on Rice brain power
"I’m trying to create something that hasn’t been done here ever,”
@cruz22
says. “So it takes a lot of time to be able to meet with the right people, talk to the right people, share the vision."
@RiceBaseball
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Fifty years ago today, Roberto Clemente became the first Latino to collect 3,000 career hits. The historic hit came in Clemente’s final at-bat of the 1972 season, which was the final regular season at-bat of his life.
Today, we recognize the Great One’s historic feat.
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Mexico national team star
@HHerreramex
and
@HoustonDynamo
GM Pat Onstad are at Minute Maid Park cheering on the
#Astros
.
#Levelup
#HoldItDown
🇲🇽
#MLS
#Mexico
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Jose Altuve has set a new Astros record with four home runs in four consecutive at-bats. He has homered in the first, second and third innings tonight. He also homered in the ninth yesterday.
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Top 60 Latinos in Sports
From
@MJAcostaTV
to
@ByJamesWagner
& 58 in between,
@OurEsquina
’s list of Top 60
#Latinos
in Sports prove that Latinos also have a deep bench of talent in the coaching ranks, front offices, athletics departments and media.
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Did you know the top girls high school basketball player in the Class of 2025 is a Latina?
Her name is
@AALIYAH2CHAVEZ
, and she’s a 5-star boss from Lubbock, Texas.
Get it, Aaliyah! 🏀🔥🔥🔥
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Basketball prodigy Aaliyah Chavez stood out in more ways than one early.
“She’s pretty good for a Mexican,” opposing parents would say.
Nobody uses qualifiers now to describe
@AALIYAH2CHAVEZ
as she heads to Rucker Park to ball his weekend.
🇲🇽🇺🇸
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The Mexican and Panamanian men’s national soccer teams showed great sportsmanship after the
#GoldCupFinal
by making tunnels to congratulate each other as they went to receive their respective medals. El Tri did it to
#Panama
first. Panama returned the gesture to the champs. 🇲🇽🇵🇦
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As you prepare for the
@HoustonDash
to play the
@Miseleccionfem
, you'll surely enjoy this profile on Dash and Mexican national team forward Diana Ordoñez.
#Mexico
#NWSL
#Futbol
#womenssoccer
#MEXTOURW
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Jesus Ortiz reveals his 2024
@baseballhall
of Fame ballot, reiterates his support for Billy Wagner's candidacy while predicting Adrian Beltre cruises in.
#HallofFame
@NotMrTibbs
@BillyWagner1313
#Baseball
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“Being a girl dad is the best responsibility that a man can ask for, at least for me,” Joe Espada said after hearing his oldest daughter’s comments.
#GirlDad
#Astros
#PuertoRico
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THE LIL GIGANTE JUST DID THAT!!!
Jose Altuve, the greatest Astros player in franchise history, with a HUGE three-run homer to left!
Altuve hits his 26 postseason home run of his career.
#Ready2Reign
#Postseason
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Some of the best Latino high school players in America gathered for the All Latino High School Showcase, which was the brainchild of former
@UCLAMBB
star Lorenzo Mata.
Great to see
@RealMataLo14
showcasing Latinos. 🔥
“Trying to help these kids out to get exposure, a stepping stone to hopefully extend their playing career.”
Former
@UCLA
standout Lorenzo Mata (
@RealMataLo14
) at his All Latino High School Showcase.
🎥 via
@SportsCentralLA
&
@jillpainter
#GoBruins
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How would you build your All Latino outfield?
Would Ted Williams &
#RobertoClemente
be your corner outfielders?
Is
@andruwjones25
or
@carlosbeltran15
your CF?
How about
@baseballhall
of Famers
@mroctober
@TonyOliva6
,
@VladGuerrero27
, Orlando Cepeda, Minnie Miñoso?
🇺🇸🇲🇽🇵🇷🇨🇺🇵🇷🇻🇪
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Aaliyah Chavez lit up the scoreboard all over the country in 2023 while proving Mexican American girls can play hoops.
@AALIYAH2CHAVEZ
, the top rated girls player in the Class of 2025 is our Latina Girls Athlete of the Year.
@meloace6
is the runner-up.
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Our Forgotten Héroes: Padilla & Travieso
"You cannot tell the history of
#Latinos
in college basketball without mentioning the Puerto Rican firm of Padilla & Travieso,"
@mexcoastoffense
writes.
@ctrav24
,
@edgarpadilla34
#UMass
#PuertoRico
#Boricua
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The legendary Reggie Jackson gave several fans autographs today at Minute Maid Park.
@mroctober
devoted several minutes for the fans.
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Jaime Jaquez Jr. is the 5th rookie in NBA history with 30 points & 10 rebounds on Christmas Day!
🎄Patrick Ewing
🎄Walt Bellamy
🎄Oscar Robertson
🎄Wilt Chamberlain
🎄Jaime Jaquez Jr.
FELIZ NAVIDAD,
@jaquez_jr
!!!
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Aalyah Del Rosario, LSU’s superb Dominican center, was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. She’s a baller!
Felicidades,
@del_aalyah
!
🇩🇴🏀🔥
📸
@LSUwbkb
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‘Cuban Missile’ Zach Calzada Embodies American Dream
“This country is tremendous. It gave me the opportunity, my wife and me, to redo our life. It’s been a tremendous success,” said Zach Calzada’s abuelo Hector Calzada Sr., who fled Cuba in 1960. 🇨🇺
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“When you do everything with love and passion everything is easier,” Bad Bunny says after winning a Grammy for Best Musica Urbana Album.
@sanbenito
rocked the LA
@Dodgers
cap at the
#Grammys2023
. 🇵🇷
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‘La Bamba’ movie still a hit 35 years later
“There are memorable scenes and lines throughout the movie. Many of them were uttered by Ritchie’s brother Bob, who was played by Puerto Rican Esai Morales,” Juan Lozano writes.
@Esai_Morales
@LouDPhillips
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According to
@kory_kosky
, Neris told Rodriguez, “"Batea, Batea, batea coño, va de ahí"
Coño means different things throughout Latin America.
Neris essentially said, “Hit it, hit it. Hit it (f-cker). Get out of here.”
Astros reliever Hector Neris was fired up after striking out Julio Rodriguez, sparking a benches-clearing confrontation.
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Iowa's Sebastian Castro was all over the place, securing an interception and helping the Hawkeyes get a safety against Wisconsin.
@castro2x5
is Our Esquina's Player of the Week for Week 7. He leads our weekly recap of Latinos in college football.
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Astros righty
@JoseUrquidy65
spoke on his second rehab assignment:
“It was very hot, very humid, but I’m really happy I did the job. I did like 38 pitches, but it was very hot outside. I’m happy, feel great physically, and keep it going to my next outing.”
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Great cut and run inside and finish by Antuna gives
#Mexico
a 3-1 lead.
#mexicovsfrance
#TokyoOlympics
⚽️🇲🇽
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Thanks for the memories, Jaime Jaquez Jr.
The
@pac12
Player of the Year’s college career ended in the Sweet 16 against Gonzaga.
The All-American showed that Mexican Americans could excel at the highest level of college basketball.
@jaquez_jr
inspired many along the way.
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