Life just beginning for Cuban pitching phenom Aroldis Chapman ESPN Video


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………Chapman wants it all and soon he will be able to get it. At some point a major league team will give him a contract somewhere in the $40 million to $100 million range. But will he be better for it? Will all the newness the world offers overwhelm and change him? After failing in his first attempt to defect in the spring of 2008, Chapman on July 1 walked out of his hotel in Rotterdam, Netherlands — where the Cuban national team was playing in the World Port Tournament — climbed into the passenger seat of a car driven by an acquaintance, and was whisked away. In Cuba, he left behind his father, mother, two sisters, girlfriend and newborn baby, whom hes never seen in person. Immediately, Chapman became the most coveted amateur baseball player in the world. In the ensuing moments after his defection, a conflict for the ages began — the fight for Chapmans soul. More on ESPN the Magazine

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20 Responses to Life just beginning for Cuban pitching phenom Aroldis Chapman ESPN Video

  1. MrSkaterboy613 says:

    @scrawfrd02 nope yankees will own once we get darvish

  2. ImHereToTellYou1 says:

    @EC91Inf3kt3d93TO YOUR IGNORANCE PISS ME OFF AND ANYONE THAT THOUGHT/THINK LIKE YOU.

  3. leeeeeeeeung says:

    why
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  4. 4tea9ers says:

    @chronicpk

    With pitching, it’s not about size. It’s all about momentum, proper mechanics (in most cases), and stamina.

  5. chronicpk says:

    is it just me or does he seem too small to throw that fast?

  6. ImOfNope says:

    Guess those steroids didn’t work tonight huh guys? ha, ha!

  7. ImOfNope says:

    He looks like a tourist? Amazing what steroids can do for a guy.

  8. jmanis31 says:

    Lets just play ball!

  9. youngmulla08 says:

    my dad friend is his neighbor in cuba and he knows him im in detroit i cant wait to go see him play

  10. youngmulla08 says:

    my dad friend is his neighbor in cuba and he knows him im in detroit i cant wait to go see him play

  11. LazeFlow says:

    @notyouagain1 lol you saying ‘typical black man’ is downright stereotypical and racist… you are racist in everyway. you might say he left his girl cos she’s pregnat but once he gets famous and earns lots of money which he will soon .. he’d probably come back to his child.

  12. LazeFlow says:

    @notyouagain1 lol you saying ‘typical black man’ is downright stereotypical and racist… you are racist in everyway. you might say he left his girl cos she’s pregnat but once he gets famous and earns lots of money which he will soon .. he’d probably come back to his child.

  13. LazeFlow says:

    inspiration.. i’m a pitcher. not much appreciate but i love doing it.. strikeouts and homeruns.. homeruns helps me.

  14. LazeFlow says:

    inspiration.. i’m a pitcher. not much appreciate but i love doing it.. strikeouts and homeruns.. homeruns helps me.

  15. atltallone907 says:

    Its sad when someone has to ESCAPE from the reach of their home country!!!! Glad he made it………Welcome to America. We arent perfect, BUT i cant think of a better place to live.

  16. atltallone907 says:

    Its sad when someone has to ESCAPE from the reach of their home country!!!! Glad he made it………Welcome to America. We arent perfect, BUT i cant think of a better place to live.

  17. Kaioken1987 says:

    @notyouagain1 that way he can reclaim his family, just like livan hernandez, he defected in 95 and his mother was already in miami in 97, and from there his brother (duque hernandez who won 3 championships with the yankees) came in 98.

  18. Kaioken1987 says:

    @notyouagain1 that way he can reclaim his family, just like livan hernandez, he defected in 95 and his mother was already in miami in 97, and from there his brother (duque hernandez who won 3 championships with the yankees) came in 98.

  19. notyouagain1 says:

    Typical of a black man to flee when his girl is pregnant. Hahaha, even in Cuba, this is universal worldwide. The quickest way to get rid of a black man.

  20. notyouagain1 says:

    Typical of a black man to flee when his girl is pregnant. Hahaha, even in Cuba, this is universal worldwide. The quickest way to get rid of a black man.

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