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SPORTS A17
Monday 21 March 2016

O HAPPY
DAY

Colorado Rockies right field- Jason Day, of Australia, celebrates
er Carlos Gonzalez sits in the after sinking a putt for par on the 18th
dugout during the third inning green to win the Arnold Palmer Invita-
of a spring training baseball tional golf tournament in Orlando, Fla.,
game against the Los Ange- Sunday, March 20, 2016.
les Angels in Scottsdale, Ariz., Associated Press
Thursday, March 17, 2016. Page 19
Associated Press

Interview? For
Latino players,

MLB teams
provide translators

ERIC NUNEZ
AP Sports Writer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) —
Having just finished his
spring training routine, top
Dodgers pitching pros-
pect Julio Urias was ap-
proached for an interview
by an English-speaking
reporter. Befuddled, the
19-year-old lefty from Mex-
ico looked around, search-
ing for the right words in a
foreign language.
After a scramble in the
clubhouse, the Dodgers
brought in Jaime Jarrin, the
team’s Hall of Fame Span-
ish broadcaster from Ecua-
dor, to handle the desig-
nated translator duties.
“No doubt about it, it’s a bit
awkward,” the usually out-
spoken Urias told The Asso-
ciated Press. “You cannot
express yourself with an
American the same way
you do with a Latino.”
Such episodes are com-
mon in major league club-
houses, and especially
in spring training, where
young, Spanish-speaking
players from Latin Ameri-
ca who are still adapting
to the United States often
struggle with English.

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