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The headline on the front page of El Nacional pretty much says it all: "Without a Trace of Wilson Ramos". (Image via @rafaelrojasc H/T @acomak)
Sad, terrifying stuff as the search for Wilson Ramos continues.
Apparently there will be a candlelight vigil organized by fans tonight outside Nationals Park at 6. Hope and pray there's a safe resolution to this situation before then.
See also the front page of this morning's El Universal:
Shocking. Just simply shocking news: Wilson Ramos reportedly kidnapped in Venezuela?
From Amanda Comak/Washington Times:
Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was kidnapped from his home in Valencia, Venezuela Wednesday afternoon, his Venezuelan Winter League team, Tigres de Aragua, has confirmed.
The situation, first reported by several Venezuelan outlets via Twitter Wednesday evening, is developing. A report in El Nacional said that Ramos was kidnapped by four gunmen near his home in Valencia and his family had not yet hear from the kidnappers. They had only contacted police.
(via Washington Times, 11/9/2011)
Our thoughts and prayers are with Ramos and his family.
And a few reactions on Twitter from Ramos' teammates:
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("30 year old" Cuban defector Yunesky Maya and his frosted tips, seen here giving an interview. Screen cap via this LatinoBaseball clip on YouTube.)
So that's why he sucks! Nationals.com reports that Yunesky Maya is experiencing elbow soreness in Puerto Rican Winter ball:
Nationals pitcher Yunesky Maya has a sore right elbow, but the injury is not considered serious, according to a baseball source.
Maya pitched in his first game for Criollos de Caguas of the Puerto Rican Winter League this past Friday and allowed four runs in one inning. It was during the first inning against Carolina when he started feeling pain in his elbow. In the second inning, the pain became worse after allowing two more runners to reach base, and Maya was immediately taken out of the game. (via Nationals.com, 11/7/2011)
Four runs in one inning? That would qualify as a pretty damn good inning for Yunesky Maya, wouldn't it?
Meanwhile, the $8 million Mike Rizzo flushed down the toilet on old man Maya is nothing compared to the expected $30+ million expected to be paid out for "26 year old" power hitting CF and Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes, who is on the Nats radar (according to Adam Kilgore/Washington Post). Our sources say Cespedes is actually old enough to be Yunesky Maya's father.
(Wang fans love Morse, too. Photo via http://tw.news.yahoo.com.)
Here's Michael Morse, talking about the Chien-Ming Wang phenomenon in Taiwan:
"I can't even imagine what it must be like to be Wang here in Taiwan. He's easily the biggest celebrity." (Michael Morse, via MLB.com, 11/6/2011)
Even bigger than Brad Pitt? To the surprise of nobody, The MLB "stars" swept the 5-game Taiwan All-Star Series with a win on Sunday. One of the key takeaways, besides an entire country's love for Wang (Chien-Ming Wang, that is), is that fans apparently took to Michael Morse over there.Take this account of Morse getting mobbed by fans while out walking around one night (via Adam Kilgore/Nationals Journal):
One night, he went to the night market in Taichung.
“Within five minutes, there was a crowd of about 100 people,” Morse said. “Security came over. I had to get quarantined in the McDonald’s. (via Nationals Journal, 11/5/2011)
And then there's this sign:
(Morse sign. Photo via reader Andrew, via MLB Network.)
The rumors are true, as confirmed by shots of Bryce Harper on MLB Network during Saturday night's Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game: Bryce Harper has a mustache again. Also, he has a soul patch. See also Harper's Movember campaign page.
(Harper went 0-2 with 2 Ks, but walked and drove in a run with a sac fly.)
As the Michael Morse MLB All-Stars continue to roll on (Morse hit a home run in Friday's game), we present the photo above of Morse during BP before Game 2 of the Taiwan All-Star series, wearing a Curly W motorcycle helmet, of course. Brad Pitt has nothing on Michael Morse.
(via reader Andrew.)
