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Mangu or Hamburgers

By: Félix DeJesús

An interesting dilemma has been created by the fact that Latinos in baseball have now been divided into two groups. Latino ball players who were born outside of the United States with English not being their primary language and Latinos who were born in the United States of immigrant parents whose grand parents don’t know a word of English. The second generations of Latinos have worked hard in the U.S. to try and give their children a so called better life. The children stay at home with their grandparents while their parents work other odd jobs besides a regular job to make ends meet.
These children who now have become Major League ball players are Americans but maintain there parents’ culture such is the case of Manny Delcarmen, Joel Zumaya, and Jeff Karstens, just to name of few. They are a group that mixes with the American players and just as well with the Latinos who were born outside of the U.S.
It’s interesting to see for example a Manny Delcarmen who eats the same sort of native dishes with David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and Wily Mo Peña such as the famous Dominican dish “Mangu” (mashed green plantains) and the next day have a hamburger with Curt Schilling and Jason Varitek and feel right home. In the meantime Schilling most likely would never eat “Mangu” and Ortiz would find a hamburger not a real meal. There is still work to be done on how in future years this will look but it seems right now this group benefits from the best of both worlds.


Mangú o Hamburguesa

Por: Félix DeJesús

Un dilema interesante ha sido creado por el hecho que los latinos en el béisbol ahora se han dividido en dos grupos. Los jugadores latinos que nacieron fuera de los Estados Unidos, no siendo el inglés su primer idioma, y latinos que nacen en los Estados Unidos de padres de inmigrante cuyos abuelos no saben ni una palabra de inglés. Las segundas generaciones de latinos han trabajado duramente en los EE.UU. para darles a sus hijos una mejor vida. Los niños se quedan en casa con sus abuelos mientras que sus padres trabajan en diferentes tipos de trabajo para tratar de darles a sus niños todo lo necesario.
Estos niños que ahora se han convertido en jugadores de Grandes Ligas pero mantienen la cultura de sus padres, tal es el caso de Manny Delcarmen, Joel Zumaya y Jeff Karstens, para mencionar a unos pocos. Ellos son un grupo que se mezclan con los jugadores americanos y así como también con los latinos nacidos de EE.UU.
Es interesa ver por ejemplo a un Manny Delcarmen que come los mismos platos nativos junto con David Ortiz, Manny Ramírez y Wily Mo Peña, tales como el famoso plato dominicano "Mangó" (plátanos verdes triturado con otros ingredientes), y al siguiente día se come una hamburguesa con Curt Schilling y Jason Varitek y se siente en su casa. Sin embargo, es probable que muy nunca se coma un "Mangu". Por igual, Ortiz encontraría una hamburguesa no una comida verdadera.
Todavía hay mucho camino que recorrer en los años futuros, pero todo parece indicar que ahora este grupo se está beneficiando de lo mejor de ambos mundos.

 

 

 

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