{"id":247252,"date":"2021-12-21T17:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=247252"},"modified":"2021-12-21T18:07:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T23:07:27","slug":"the-late-immortality-of-orestes-minoso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/the-late-immortality-of-orestes-minoso\/","title":{"rendered":"The late immortality of Orestes Mi\u00f1oso"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Kendrick (Crawfordville, 1962) never saw <\/span>Orestes Mi\u00f1oso<\/span><\/a> play in his golden stage in the Major Leagues. That Afro-American boy was only two years old when the \u201cThe Cuban Comet\u201d hung up the spikes in 1964, after having surpassed the barrier of 2,000 hits, 1,200 scored runs and 1,000 RBI, in addition to being the only Latino in history with more than 600 extra-base hits and fewer than 600 strikeouts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kendrick\u2019s early memories of Mi\u00f1oso in the field are somewhat vague. He remembers that, as a teenager, something of a stir was created in Chicago over the return to the diamonds of a veteran who would become the second player in history to participate in five different decades, but that event ended up being something symbolic.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the name of Mi\u00f1oso was etched in the mind of Kendrick, who decades later had the unique privilege of sitting next to the Cuban legend and discovering there, first-hand, the true significance of being the first black Latino in the Major Leagues and one of the most influential players in the history of the Chicago White Sox.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t even count the number of times that he and I sat in the conference room adjacent to my office, just talking baseball and talking about life and the joy that he had for this game,\u201d Kendrick recently told <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thrilled that my friend & @whitesox<\/a> legend, Minnie Minoso, was finally selected for induction into the @baseballhall<\/a>! Wish it had happened when he was still alive. Can you imagine the the energy and excitement that Buck O\u2019Neil & Minnie would have brought to the ceremony? @MLB<\/a> RT pic.twitter.com\/DApma9pTKt<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bob Kendrick (@nlbmprez) December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n