Conversamos con el venezolano Ranger Suárez y el panameño Edmundo Sosa, en la visita de Phillies a Miami
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00:00Hello, how are you fans? It's a pleasure to greet you once again from the field in this opportunity of Lone Depot Park
00:05in what the series is doing between the Phillies of Philadelphia and the Marlins of Miami is doing.
00:10I am Mari Carmen Fariña and enjoy with me this edition from the field.
00:15From the field is presented by Spitz Dick, show your passion, not sweat.
00:23Hang on, your smile is powerful. Hang on, 80 years in Venezuela, taking care of your smile.
00:33Football fans, I am very happy to have for Baseball Play the Venezuelan pitcher of the Phillies of Philadelphia,
00:39Ranger Suarez. Welcome, how are you? And above all, how do you feel to face what is left of the season?
00:46No, look, very well. I feel very well physically. I think that what is left is little.
00:54You have to finish strong for the next goal.
00:59Ranger, you have become a fundamental piece for your organization within such an interesting rotation
01:06and weight as that of the Phillies, so your absence, due to the injury you suffered at the end of July,
01:13how did you feel? How is that process to deal with that type of situation and your recovery?
01:20Because I imagine that you must feel some anxiety to return.
01:24Yes, yes, but I take it calmly. Obviously, we are human beings,
01:30sometimes we are going to have injuries, but the most important thing is to work to get out of them as soon as possible
01:37and return to the field for that we are here.
01:40How was that process to recover?
01:42No, look, it was hard because obviously you don't want to get injured, you don't want to lose your way,
01:48but the support, the support that the team has had, the fans have always supported me in all that,
01:56and I think that helped me get out of the injury I had faster.
01:59Of course, the mental part is essential, right?
02:04In your return, how do you work that when it comes to getting on the pitch?
02:11Yes, I think I take it calmly. I go out when I'm going to throw, I go out to enjoy the game.
02:19I know it's a job, but at the end of the day it's a game.
02:26And the more we can have fun, I don't think it's going to get better.
02:30And what is your work plan every time you have to make a commitment?
02:36Every time I'm going to throw, I watch videos of how to face each hitter and execute it.
02:44I think that's the biggest plan I have that day, is to execute my pitches, my secondary pitches,
02:53which have helped me a lot to get a great ball and help to have that game as closed as possible
03:02so that the team can make a career and win the game.
03:08Randy Suarez has become an important piece in a rotation as interesting as that of the Philadelphia Phillies,
03:14so he is happy to be back in action and we only see it with his big smile.
03:18Hang on, 80 years in Venezuela, taking care of your smile.
03:26The Phillies have been quite constant for two seasons,
03:34an organization of weight during the season and, as they have said, present in postseason.
03:40And these are already with a foot and a half, they are a little short to be in October.
03:46What do you think are the keys to this team, the strengths?
03:52Yes, I think that the camaraderie that we have in the clubhouse,
03:58I think that is something fundamental that we have raised in recent years.
04:05I think it has gone very well, we always support each other and that helps us to perform in the game.
04:14If you had the option to bring any player to your team, who would you choose and why?
04:19Seeing also, maybe you tell me Mari, we should reinforce ourselves here.
04:24Well, obviously you want to have Luis Harras on your team.
04:28You understand?
04:29Exactly.
04:30You want to have a hitter who hits you 310, 320 every year,
04:35obviously you want to have him, a pitcher, I can tell you.
04:45Well, you're adding one, I asked you for one.
04:48Oh well.
04:49Are you adding another one?
04:51If you want to give another one, that's fine.
04:53Ok, Ranger, thank you.
04:55Did you see that it was easy?
04:56Of course.
04:57Your message to all the fans, Ranger.
04:59Keep supporting us, here we are, all Venezuelans, to give 100% for our country, for Venezuela.
05:09Keep supporting us, we will give another 100% for them.
05:13Thank you very much.
05:14May the health, success and blessings continue to accompany you.
05:17Ranger Suarez for Baseball Play.
05:22Baseball Play fans, we are very pleased to have Edmundo Sosa,
05:27Panamanian infielder for Philadelphia Phillies.
05:30Edmundo, welcome, thank you for sharing with us.
05:32Hello, how are you?
05:33I am very grateful to be able to express a little of my team and my career through this medium.
05:42Edmundo, precisely because you were born in Panama,
05:46what does it mean to you to be one of the few representatives of your country in the best baseball in the world?
05:53Well, for me it is a privilege, obviously, to be here,
05:57having the opportunity to play the baseball that I love,
06:01that I learned to play from a very young age.
06:03The truth is that I am happy, happy to be here,
06:08to be one of those few Panamanians to be here in the best baseball in the world,
06:13which is the great league.
06:14The truth is that I thank God for all the things that happen in my career.
06:18Edmundo, I am very curious to know why you chose baseball as a career.
06:24Well, why did I choose baseball as a career?
06:26Well, I come from a family of baseball.
06:29In Panama, like my father, who in peace and rest was a small league referee in Panama.
06:34My brother, who in peace and rest also played baseball.
06:38He was my older brother, and that's where the passion comes from.
06:41Obviously, my mother played softball.
06:44She was a shortstop, just like me.
06:46She taught me a few things.
06:48I am the youngest child in the family.
06:50I grew up in a family of baseball.
06:53Since I was a child, I have been watching the field.
06:56Near my house in Panama, I have a field where the beginnings of Mundo Sosa began,
07:01which is called Los Caimanes de Juan Díaz.
07:03And well, here, thank God, I am here today representing my neighborhood,
07:07my country, in the best way.
07:09Edmundo, precisely because of your versatility,
07:12the manager has used you as a shortstop, waiter and third base.
07:17How is the preparation when it comes to being in those different positions and the differences?
07:25Of course, it is a fairly difficult role, because I have to be prepared every day.
07:32I have to come to the game training, prepare myself as if I were playing every day,
07:36because one does not know what can happen at the moment.
07:39Obviously, one does not expect the injuries of the teammates, of the starters,
07:44but, well, injuries always happen.
07:47It is a very long season where a lot of sacrifices are made.
07:50This year, the manager used me in the second base,
07:52in the shortfield when we had a three-turner outside.
07:55I have been playing in the third base in the same way,
07:57and I think I have prepared myself mentally and physically for this role.
08:02I have been working on it for three years, more or less, four years.
08:06In my last year in the Cardinals, I had that role,
08:09here I have had that role, and I take care of it in the best way, and I prepare myself for that.
08:17The Panamanian Edmundo Sosa received the Hard & Hustle award,
08:21a distinction awarded to players who show passion for the game.
08:25You know, show your passion and not sweat with Speedsteak.
08:31And in an organization, Leofilis,
08:33which in the last two years has had a lot of prominence,
08:36and this is doing it with one of the best records of the season,
08:42as the Dodgers also have it.
08:44What are those keys when there is very little left to finish the regular season,
08:50and you are there, confident in the postseason?
08:53Of course, I arrived at this organization in 2022,
08:57and since I arrived here, I have learned a lot,
09:00I have improved my performance a lot,
09:03I have learned from the guys,
09:05we have a lot of stars there in the club to see their work ethics more than anything else.
09:10And well, a very good organization, a fantastic management.
09:14The truth is that I am here in my third year,
09:17we have reached the playoffs, in 2022 we reached the World Series,
09:21where we could not win,
09:23we had that aggressive feeling,
09:26but we came back in 2023,
09:28we continued in the battle,
09:30we could not, we were against Arizona,
09:32and this year, as you say, we continue in the fight.
09:35A very good group,
09:37the truth is that new people who arrived in the change in August,
09:41who have joined the group, great,
09:43like Esteves, Banks,
09:45the truth is that Austin Hayes,
09:47who is in rehab,
09:49we put him in prayer,
09:51that his health is good.
09:53And well, the team is staying strong,
09:56prepared, finishing strong in the last half of the season,
10:00to prepare for the playoffs first,
10:03and to be able to stay between the two first,
10:06to go straight and wait for who comes to face him,
10:10and do the best of us,
10:12which is to play baseball,
10:15and give that joy to the city of Philadelphia,
10:18which longs so much.
10:20You have already equalized your personal boat of remarks with 30,
10:24are you ready to overcome this 2024?
10:27Of course, the truth is that one works very hard
10:30in the dead season for that kind of thing,
10:33thanks to God I have 30 races pushed,
10:36with great desire to be able to connect those 31 as soon as possible,
10:40obviously to help the team,
10:42to win some games,
10:44and improve my personal brand,
10:46which is an achievement for me and for my career,
10:49the truth is that I think it will come at some point,
10:52when I least expect it,
10:54and it will be well received with open hands,
10:56with the favor of God.
10:58And the honrons?
11:00You have 7 and your top is 10.
11:02Of course, yes, yes,
11:04last year I was able to connect 10 honrons,
11:07this year I was working to be able to connect the ball,
11:10to be in time,
11:12to take advantage of the opportunities that Almana and Rob Thompson give me,
11:14and the truth is that I have 7,
11:16the number 10 is not so far,
11:18I am not focused on that,
11:20just go out to the newspaper,
11:22play, enjoy the game,
11:24and things will come out as things go little by little.
11:27Well, thank you very much Edmundo,
11:29your final words for all the fans?
11:31Of course, I want to send a greeting to all those fans from Philadelphia,
11:34especially to all my family in Panama,
11:37to the Panamanian fans who follow my career,
11:39who are always there leaving their message of encouragement
11:42so that I continue to give 100%
11:44and represent it in a great way and leave it high.
11:47Greetings to all,
11:49to all those children who are at home also watching us,
11:51keep working,
11:53pursue your dreams,
11:56and do not allow anyone to tell you that you cannot achieve anything in this life,
11:59as long as we have life and health,
12:01we can achieve great things.
12:02Many blessings to all.
12:05Well, fans,
12:07it's time to say goodbye from the field,
12:09thank you as always for all your comments
12:12and be faithful to each of our publications.
12:14I am Mari Carmen Fariña
12:16and see you very soon again from here,
12:18from the field.
12:19From the field,
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12:22SpicStick,
12:23show your passion,
12:24not sweat.
12:25Hang on,
12:26your smile is powerful.
12:28Hang on,
12:2980 years in Venezuela,
12:31taking care of your smile.