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Jon Singleton y la historia de superación que no conocías
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May 28, 2024
Jon Singleton, 1B y DH de los Astros de Houston, habló en exclusiva por primera vez con Que Pasa MLB y Con Las Bases Llenas sobre su historia de superación, de lo agradecido que está con los Astros y con su esposa #mlb #grandesligas
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So no familiar that gonna buzz again. I hate capacity. I get gone John Singleton
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We're not a loss who are orders that us after the Houston. Some people have told me that you know Spanish
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Can we do the interview in Spanish? I don't know that much Spanish I'm just kidding John. Thank you so much for giving us this time
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It's a pleasure for us because we've been following your career career and now with the job with the Astros
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First of all, how do you feel here in Washington in this part? Pretty good. It's been a long time since I've been here
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You know not much has changed, but I definitely like this place a lot What does it mean for you like to have an organization like the Houston Astros that trusted you to
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Bring you back to baseball and major league baseball. It definitely means a lot. You know, they believe in you know what I'm about and
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They know that I work hard and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to win a ballgame How important has been your has been your wife in your in your life because I follow your career like your story and like
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You have always talked about her. So tell us more about her and and wife what had she's done with you
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She's been so important to me, you know At some point in my life, you know things are very difficult, you know, she's always been around
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I've noticed since we were both 15 years old. So, you know going on 16 17 years now
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She knows she's been one of the one of the biggest most important things in my life
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Awesome, you know, we all know what happened to your career some years ago, but how do you feel now
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How is John Singleton now? I feel a lot different, you know, I see life through a different perspective
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You know, I have two kids so, you know being a father's the most important thing to me, you know
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Also being able to play baseball, you know, I can show my kids that you know, you can achieve anything through working hard. So
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I'm definitely a different position and I feel great about it What was your perfect perspective before of their life and was your perfected now
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Then, you know life was a little bit different I was younger I was only 22 years old, you know
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I'm still trying to experience things still trying to find my way and you know being away from baseball really kind of helped my perspective
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And find what's really important in my life. You know how to hit I was seeing you then by in practice and you were doing
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A great job, you know, you have a really good time And how do you feel about it? And how do you want to improve in this year with the Astros
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Definitely there's room for improvement every single day. So, you know every time I come to the ballpark
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There's always something to work on something to get better at but I'm glad I'm here and I just want to help the team
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win a ballgame kind of Catch my attention that after the bit but in practice like would you still practice and with your trainer? Why
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Why did you keep practicing and where while were you doing over there
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so, you know, there's always stuff to work on and You know not playing every day is kind of difficult so you have to find it kind of find ways to stay ready, you know
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So, you know, whatever that may be whether it's extra ground balls or running sprints or you know extra hitting in the cage
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You just have to find the small things to be good at so you're always ready Finally, how do you feel with Justin Berlander coming back to the team? It's a good kill for you guys. Definitely
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That's easy. He's a great great. He's a great guy in clubhouse. He's a great leader So, you know him him being back means a lot for us really
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Thank you John so much and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your career definitely. Thank you
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