Joey Meneses meets Mexico crew at Little League World Series
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Nats slugger proud to spend time with younger countrymen
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Joey Meneses stood within the on-deck circle at Bowman Field. Just toes away, the crew from Municipal de Tijuana representing the Mexico Region within the Little League World Series regarded on from the primary three rows behind the Nationals’ dugout.
Many of the gamers and coaches, donning inexperienced crew T-shirts, held up their telephones as Meneses walked to the plate for his first at-bat of the Little League Classic.
Meneses greeted his followers by belting a line-drive single into middle subject to load the bases for the Nationals. He scored two batters later.
Hours earlier, Meneses had met with the crew in its dugout earlier than its 10-1 win over Canada. He felt an immense sense of satisfaction whereas assembly aspiring baseball gamers from Mexico. Meneses grew up in Culiacán and represented Team Mexico within the World Baseball Classic.
“I love my country,” Meneses stated. “… It’s something really cool when you see a Mexico team in this tournament. You always want to play for your country. That made me proud a lot.”
The gamers from Team Mexico gave Meneses pins from the LLWS. He reciprocated by giving them Nationals hats. In the year-plus he has performed on the Nats since debuting final August at age 30, he has established himself as a key member of their offense.
“It’s something really cool, because I never expected it,” Meneses stated of the fan reception. “Then they know you and they want to be a big leaguer. It’s something very special. It makes me feel so good.”
Meneses additionally gave the gamers recommendation to hold via the worldwide competitors.
“I was trying to tell them, don’t be scared because the tournament, I know you guys are going to be nervous because they’ve never been in anything with so many cameras,” he stated. “… I was just trying to tell them to calm down, it’s the same baseball, there’s just more things around but don’t try to think about that and try to do your job like normal.”
When supervisor Dave Martinez recounted the day’s occasions main as much as the Little League Classic, he famous Meneses’ dugout go to.
“He understands, one, where he came from, two, how long it took to get here. And he shared his passion for the game with those kids, and it was an unbelievable moment,” stated Martinez. “He would say, ‘One of these kids could be me one day and get a chance to play in the Major Leagues.’ I’d say, ‘Yeah, maybe more than one. You never know.’ He was very graceful, and they appreciated him very much.”
