“Intelligence is like underwear: we wear it hidden, and we must know how to choose who we show it to”… Anonymous.
Today and tomorrow, as usual, are Mail Days. Please, send your name and place from where you write.
Ricardo M. Bermúdez, from Caracas, asks: “How is it possible that he donated his library to the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame and not to Venezuela, since this is his country and he was elevated to the Hall of Fame here?! You love Mexico and hate Venezuela”.
Friend Chardo: Several times I have explained that I donated my library to the Venezuelan Hall of Fame. They even came from there to see the material. But they told me that they don’t have the necessary space.
That library weighed 550 kilos, more than a ton and a half. I even have 500 more kilos of books and other texts here, which they will receive in Monterrey as soon as I die.
In Mexico they built a store, especially for this material, which is managed by professional librarians.
Everything that I can donate to Mexico is nothing compared to how much I have received and continue to receive from Mexicans, especially in terms of friendship and about my profession.
And yes, I love Mexico, I love Venezuela and I love all of humanity.
The professional umpire Juan Loaiza, from Caracas, opines: “I recently sent you an email where I emulated your style, when a child wrote a letter to his father, in which he expressed his concern, as a baseball player, for dyeing his hair blond, red or blue, grow a horrible beard, and ingest all kinds of harmful substances, because he believes that only then would he be a better baseball player. Now, another malignant virus, that of the ‘perreo’. Brother, this is not going to end baseball, but it does deteriorate his image ”.
Ennio Minarini, from Montreal, asks: “Why didn’t Willians Astudillo establish himself in the Major Leagues and go to Japan? A friend asks me, and I have no answer.”
Amigo Neno: Willians spent four years with the Twins and one with the Marlins, without consolidating in the Majors. He was released and was lucky to get the Japanese contract.
Juan L. Bonilla, from Ensenada, asks: “I want to read a biography of Pete Rose. Which one do you recommend?”.
Friend and namesake: I’ve already read 12 biographies of Pete. Choose between Mike Towee’s “Charle Hustle”; “Hustle” by Michael Sokolove; or “Pete Rose: My Story”, by Pete Rose and Roger Kahn. The latter is the most expensive, but also the best.
Thanks to the life that has given me so much, even a reader like you.
Attention- You can read the file of “Juan Vené en la Pelota” on the internet, for “sport unites us again.
