Sunday, November 13, 2011
NYDailyNews: Safety hits home for Yankees Jesus Montero after Wilson Ramos’ kidnapping
Jesus Montero was overcome with emotion when he learned that Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos had been kidnapped in Venezuela. The Yankees’ top prospect grew up 10 minutes from Ramos, played with him there and considers him a good friend.
“He is my friend,” Montero said Saturday before an appearance at the Last Licks ice cream parlor in Scarsdale. “I felt sad because I’ve known him for a long time. I was really worried when I saw the news. I was crying a little bit. It’s not an easy situation he was living.
“Thank God everything is fine and the police, they took care of it.”
A dramatic rescue operation Friday night that included gunfire between Ramos’ captors and police in the remote mountainous region where Ramos was being held was successful. The rookie backstop was freed unharmed.
It was really great news that Ramos was freed unharmed, as situations like that can easily end very badly.
Also, this from this article:
Montero has been working with a personal trainer since the end of the season to trim down and build muscle. He will continue the training for a month in Venezuela and then return in January to join a handful of players whom Alex Rodriguez will host for workouts in Miami. Montero said he, Eduardo Nunez, Robinson Cano and possibly ex-Yank and current Giant Melky Cabrera could attend. They will be able to work with hitting coach Kevin Long there.
Comments
Best Shape of His Life stories starting already? The Yankees really need to sign someone.
“They will be able to work with hitting coach Kevin Long there.”
They will be able to get into the BSsOTLs there.
I wonder a bit if Alex would be better off not working so hard. I can imagine that being absurdly fit makes one less likely to injure oneself playing baseball, but I can imagine the opposite - and I can certainly imagine that training hard leads to a higher incidence of training injuries.
[2] With baseball I imagine that training at a very high/intense level outside of the season would be ideal. During the season a player would have to dial back his workouts to a maintenance level because of the grueling nature of the baseball season.
Ideally players would come into spring training just right around their fittest point. Spring training would allow them to fine tune the last bits of fitness while they work on all of the important neurological pathways for muscle memory and whatnot. The season is all about trying to maintain that high level of fitness while balancing the need for adequate recovery.
Are we being setup for the Granderson-for-Melky trade ?
Glad Ramos is safe.
...Wonder if the kidnappers would have accepted a trade for AJ?
[5] LMAO!
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