Eagle Pass, TX - The Eagle Pass Babe Ruth League 13 Year-Old All-Stars will represent the Southwest Region at the 2018 Babe Ruth 13 Year-Old World Series.
The Stars are assisted by David Lopez, Morris Libson and Tomas Garcia, coached by Robert De La Garza.
Well-known sports fanatic A.D. Ibarra took the time to make an awesome individual Q&A on several of the Youths.
***Article will be updated as Q&A are performed, we will keep you posted***
Luis Kancheff
What are your parents’ names?
Luis and Gloria
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The New York Yankees
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Derek Jeter
What position do you play?
Everything
What is your favorite position?
Shortstop and Pitcher
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
When I hit two home runs in a game in 12U against another summer league team.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Sandlot and 42
What’s on your Ipod?
Mexican rap like Bad Bunny
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Always hustle on the field.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Just work hard and do your best and if you work hard enough you can achieve it.
What are your plans for the future?
To play college baseball and jump to the Major Leagues.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
To win and for me to do well and try to help the team. The cherry on top would be to get the game winning hit or a game winning catch.
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Donovan Becerra
What are your parents’ names?
Ricardo and Alondra
Who is your favorite baseball team?
Boston Red Sox
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Dustin Pedroia
What position do you play?
Second and Pitcher
What is your favorite position?
Second Base
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
My first home run at Chittim Park against the Dodgers when I was 11. I also won the first game that we played in Arkansas two weeks ago.
What’s your favorite movie?
Avengers Infinity War
What’s on your Ipod?
The Weekend
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Hustle. Always know what you’re going to do with the ball. Get the ball on the hop.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Try your best. Never give up. Keep your eye on the ball. Listen to your coaches.
What are your plans for the future?
To play major league baseball.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
A dream come true would be to hit a grand slam to win a game, hopefully the championship. It’s gonna be a challenge, but we’ve been working really hard and we are ready to take on anybody.
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Kyle Gloria
What are your parents’ names?
Carlos and Lucinda
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Detroit Tigers
What team did you play on this season?
Rangers
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Clayton Kershaw
What position do you play?
Center Field
What is your favorite position?
Center Field
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
A diving catch in Somerset against the Mud Dogs. It was the second out of the inning but it was a highlight nonetheless.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Waterboy
What’s on your Ipod?
Post Malone
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Stop dropping your hands.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Try your hardest, play your heart out.
What are your plans for the future?
Play for UT and hopefully get drafted.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re gonna get to the championship and a dream come true would be hitting a home run in the championship to win the game.
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Alan Vielma
What are your parents’ names?
Fernando and Gloria
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Texas Rangers
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Adrian Beltre
What position do you play?
Short Stop and Middle Infield
What is your favorite position?
Short Stop
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
Then I hit a grand slam in an All-Star Game here at sectionals against Five Diamonds.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Perfect Game
What’s on your Ipod?
George Strait, Luke Bryan and Cody Johnson
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Work hard, never give up.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
To keep practicing and if you fail, never give up and keep trying.
What are your plans for the future?
Try to make college ball and hopefully get drafted.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re gonna try hard and we’re going to try our best to make Eagle Pass Proud. A dream come true would be to meet Adrian Beltre, but a dream come true in this World Series would be to win the whole thing.
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Alex Paniagua
What are your parents’ names?
Alonso and Mariela
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Los Angeles Dodgers
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Clayton Kershaw
What position do you play?
Pitcher, First Base and Third Base
What is your favorite position?
Pitcher
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
Probably pitching in this last Regional Tournament in Arkansas. I threw five innings and only allowed one run on three hits and six strikeouts.
What’s your favorite movie?
Happy Gilmore
What’s on your Ipod?
Little Uzi and Drake
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Keep a positive attitude, don’t let anything get to your head. Don’t get frustrated.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Try your best and have fun.
What are your plans for the future?
Play baseball in the pros.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re gonna try to win it and we’re gonna try to dominate. To win the World Series and go to the MLB.
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Aidan Lopez
What are your parents’ names?
David and Julie
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Texas Rangers
What team did you play on this season?
Rangers
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Robinson Cano
What position do you play?
First Base and Outfield
What is your favorite position?
Outfield
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
I hit a home run to take back the lead vs Boerne in 2015. It was a Little League Sectional Tournament to move on. It felt good.
What’s your favorite movie?
Black Panther
What’s on your Ipod?
Drake and XXXTentacion
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Keep our heads up and never get down.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
It’s a great game and there’s gonna be hard times and there are going to be good times. Keep your eye on the ball and try your best every game.
What are your plans for the future?
Go to play college ball and have a good career.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We want to take it, we want to win the championship not would be great. A dream come true would be to win a World Series.
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Jose Duran
What are your parents’ names?
Jose and Lizzet
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Yankees
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Derek Jeter
What position do you play?
Left Field
What is your favorite position?
I like pitching a lot, and I wish I could do it more, but we don’t have a lot of outfielders.
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
When I was like ten years old, we were losing like 4-3 and I hit a two-strike, two-run homer to give us the lead in Dripping Springs.
What’s your favorite movie?
We Are Marshall
What’s on your Ipod?
Whatever really, I don’t really have a favorite type of music, but the last thing I listened to was some country music by Thomas Rhett.
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
You always have to give it 110%, that’s something he always tells us.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Always be positive and never give up.
What are your plans for the future?
When I grow up I’d like to play professional baseball, but if I can’t I would like to be an athletic trainer.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re just gonna play and hopefully we can win it all. A dream come true would be to be drafted by the Yankees and play for them one day.
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Robert De La Garza
What are your parents’ names?
Robert and Antonia
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Baltimore Orioles
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Manny Machado
What position do you play?
All of them
What is your favorite position?
Pitcher, Short Stop, Second and Third
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
When I got MVP at Regionals.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Sandlot and Black Panther
What’s on your Ipod?
Rap music like Rich The Kid, Eminem and Bruno Mars
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Never give up on a play and have a good attitude.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
You have to have good grades in school and a good attitude towards your classmates.
What are your plans for the future?
Make it to the MLB and attend a good college.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
Hopefully we win and we come back home happy. A dream come true would be if we become the first team in Eagle Pass history to win a World Series!
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Juan Martinez
What are your parents’ names?
Juan and Yahaira
Who is your favorite baseball team?
Texas Rangers
What team did you play on this season?
Rangers
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Elvis Andrus
What position do you play?
Catcher
What is your favorite position?
Third Base
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
Last year when I hit a walk-off home run for my team the Roadrunners against Perfecto Mancha! There were runners on first and third.
What’s your favorite movie?
Sicario II
What’s on your Ipod?
Mexican rap and rap like El Guero, Drake, Lil’ Skies and Bad Bunny
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
To run in and off the field
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Just try hard and never give up on your dreams.
What are your plans for the future?
Hopefully play college and then from there the MLB.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
If it’s the way I hope that it goes, I hope that we will win and we’re gonna go out there and represent Eagle Pass Baseball.
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Efrain Estrada
What are your parents’ names?
Cesar and Alicia
Who is your favorite baseball team?
Washington Nationals
What team did you play on this season?
Astros
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Bryce Harper
What position do you play?
Outfield
What is your favorite position?
Pitcher
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
When I hit three home runs in a row in the all stars in Bracketville against Eagle Pass.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Sandlot and Fast and Furious 8 with The Rock
What’s on your Ipod?
Cumbias Fito Olivares, Los Garcia Brothers and Los Reyes Locos
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Keep your eye on the ball, don’t step out and don’t turn your head, be positive and play as a team.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
To never give up and every sport is hard and it is a difficult task to play any sport.
What are your plans for the future?
Go to school, get a job, study for border patrol and see where my future takes me.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re gonna win. A dream come true would be to win the World Series.
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Isaac Stanwick
What are your parents’ names?
Daniel and Lydia
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Boston Red Sox
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
What position do you play?
Center Field
What is your favorite position?
Center Field
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
Well, when I was younger, we were playing in Dripping Springs and there was a runner on third base and a kid hit a pop-up to me in center field and he tagged from third and I gunned him out at home!
What’s your favorite movie?
The Longest Yard, the one with Adam Sandler
What’s on your Ipod?
Drake, The Weekend and XXXTentacion
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
To work hard and to be respectful to the coaches and everyone. To be disciplined.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
To work hard, to have fun and play the sport.
What are your plans for the future?
Is to go pro in any sport.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re going to play against some very good teams, we’re gonna work as a team and show these guys that we’re a better team than they may have thought. A dream come true would be to win the World Series.
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Pedro Fernandez
What are your parents’ names?
Pedro and Iris
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Texas Rangers
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Adrian Beltre
What position do you play?
Catcher
What is your favorite position?
Catcher
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
Hitting a game-tying home run in Dripping Springs two years ago.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Perfect Game
What’s on your Ipod?
Country music Cody Jackson, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Ozuna
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Never give up and work hard.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Just always try your best and always work hard.
What are your plans for the future?
Play college baseball.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re gonna win. A dream come true would be winning the World Series.
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Diego Martinez
What are your parents’ names?
Juan and Bertha
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Boston Red Sox
What team did you play on this season?
Red Sox
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Jose Altuve
What position do you play?
First Base
What is your favorite position?
First Base
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
When I made a game-winning catch in Dripping Springs against The Kings.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Sandlot
What’s on your Ipod?
Country like Cody Johnson and George Strait.
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Never give up. Try hard.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Try hard.
What are your plans for the future?
Play college baseball.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re gonna win. A dream come true would be to win the World Series.
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Dante Leija
What are your parents’ names?
Hector and Martha
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Chicago Cubs
What team did you play on this season?
Braves
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
Anthony Rizzo
What position do you play?
Third Base
What is your favorite position?
Third Base
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
The diving catch I made at third last week against the 14U Eagle Pass Missions at Fort Duncan. Eddie Sepulveda, Juan Garza, Tavare Chavez and Jared Romero are on that team.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Avengers Infinity War
What’s on your Ipod?
Hip hop. Post Malone.
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Check the runner before you throw and always know what the situation is. You always have to know what you’re going to do with the ball in case you get it.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
One point of the game is to have fun. Always play with heart.
What are your plans for the future?
Be a baseball player.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re gonna win first place. My dream come true would be to get the game-winning hit.
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Derek Ruiz
What are your parents’ names?
Coca and Sonia
Who is your favorite baseball team?
The Boston Red Sox
What team did you play on this season?
Rangers
Who’s your favorite baseball player?
David Ortiz & Mookie Betts
What position do you play?
Third Base
What is your favorite position?
Third Base
Give me a career highlight for yourself. What was your best performance?
When I hit a walkout home run in Little League against Coach Robert de La Garza’s team. I was in the all stars.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Sandlot and I Can Only Imagine
What’s on your Ipod?
Fifi, Drake, contra music like Chris Brown
What’s something that your coach tells you all the time?
Keep on working hard, do good in school.
Give me some advice for a young player playing baseball for the first time.
Just work hard and do your best in every game.
What are your plans for the future?
To be a professional baseball player.
What’s gonna happen at this World Series, what would be a dream come true?
We’re gonna win the World Series and I’m gonna win the Home Run Derby!
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