A Cuban Baseball Player Has Camped Out for Weeks at Dodger Stadium to Get a Tryout
Meet Loah Linares.
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He’s been camping out in front of Dodger Stadium for more than two weeks in hopes of getting a tryout with the team.
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Linares says he’s a Cuban baseball player looking for a shot at the Majors.
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Linares says he’s a Cuban baseball player looking for a shot at the Majors.
Credit: Al Rojo Vivo / YouTube
Linares, who claims he’s been playing baseball since he was 8 years old, says he’s confident he can impress the team with his skills. He told Los Angeles news station ABC 7: “If I didn’t know how great a baseball player I know I am, I wouldn’t be here trying to show off my skills to somebody.”
He says he was drawn to the Dodgers due to their history:
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Linares cited Jackie Robinson, Major League Baseball’s first black player, as an inspiration.
He says Dodger fans have been giving him food and water.
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Linares told Conejo Films, “It has allowed me to survive.”
Cool story, right? It could all be false.
The man working outside of LAD Stadium says he's a Cuban player. Experts I talk to have never heard of him & say no Serie Nacional history
— Jesse Sanchez (@JesseSanchezMLB) September 1, 2015
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Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com, an expert on Latin American players, says there is no record of Linares playing organized baseball in Cuba. ABC 7 News reported the Dodgers had no comment on the story, adding that security for the stadium revealed Linares previously “unsuccessfully tried to get into the stadium.”
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