Venezuela, a country famous for its beautiful women and countless natural wealth which is currently going through the political, economic and cultural crisis of its history classified as a human tragedy, is undoubtedly a country with enormous potential. In this beautiful nation where politicians have been unfortunately transcendental for their history, the common citizen rampantly seeks to survive the precarious conditions to which they have been forced to live throughout their history. Sport has not only been a source of escape to poverty for thousands of brave Venezuelans who have opted for this livelihood, it has also been the source of distraction, entertainment and pride for millions of Venezuelans and lovers of this nation who see in the sport and in the athletes of this nation the main source of relief and exit from a world and an adverse reality and full of painful difficulties.
It's baseball is one of the biggest passions of this country and one of the greatest sources of satisfaction for Venezuelans, is that this sport has historically moved the passion of millions thanks to the local baseball league and the performance of Venezuelan baseball players in MLB of the United States where last Saturday another historic day for the sport of Venezuela was lived during the American League championship match between the Houston Astros and the powerful New York Yankees in vibrant match between the 2 best teams currently of the great tent of world baseball.
José Altuve, born in Puerto Cabello Venezuela, is currently the sensation of baseball not only Venezuelan but of the world, is that this Venezuelan giant of only 160 centimeters has millions in love with his talent and power. Altuve already led the ninth of Houston to win the 2017 world series against the powerful and best team at that time the Dodgers of Los Angeles and this 2019 led them to battle with the powerful Yankees for a spot in the world series again.
José has been the pillar along with the pitched of the great Astros baseball season and on Saturday he had another appointment with the history of baseball in the city of Houston in the ninth inning of the fifth game of the championship series in which the scene was presented with a game tied to 4 scores per side, a runner in the initial and the duel that all wanted between the invincible closer the Cuban Aroldis Chapman and the pride of Venezuela José Altuve in which with favorable account of 2 balls and 1 strikes I unleash all his power against a high change of Chapman that ended more than 400 feet away unleashing the madness not only in the entire city of Houston Texas but in the hearts of more than 30 million Venezuelans we saw and felt the emotion that pride tricolor that we all carry inside.
A moment where as Venezuelans we could let out that emotion of Venezuela that we need so much in a lot of much suffering, pain, decided, apathy and hatred towards the situation that millions of Venezuelans have been forced to leave their country because of the need to survive, where it has echoed any bad action of Venezuelans to qualify millions of Venezuelans. That moment, that sound of the ball, the face of Aroldis Chapman and the excitement of the stadium was a gift, a wonderful relief that returned pride and the feeling that good Venezuelans are More ...
