I wonder if the sensationalism of this story has any direct connection to the fact that Latin/American baseball players are now so prevolant in major league baseball.
I thought back to earlier this month when the allstar homerun derby was held in Detroit. Under the new format 8 countries were represented. 5 of these countries were spanish speaking nations.
There is a HUGE following of spanish speaking fans across the globe in MLB today. What might have been seen as a rather mundane story, will now cause a big enough stir in the Latin/American community that media outlets will profit from this story.
Just an observation.
Tim.
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