Takeover Magazine 1st issue april 15th 2016 | Page 37

The Baseball is White and so are most of the Big Contracts in MLB

The Baseball is White and so are most of
the Big Contracts in MLB
In 2012-13, Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and
Yasiel Puig, were called up to the big
leagues around the same time. Mike Trout
of the Los Angeles Angels, baseballs heir
apparent to the legendary Mickey Mantle,
the Washington Nationals flammable
superstar Bryce Harper and the flamboyant
Cuban, Yasiel Puig, of the Los Angeles
Dodgers, were going to bring "The Great
American Pastime" back to its rightful place.
Trout is baseball's "golden boy" with
dashing good looks and a hammer for a bat;
he is truly a great player. Harper graced the
cover of SI in 2009, as a high school player;
his father had always groomed him to be a
major league star. Puig grew up in Cuba; a
raw talent with speed to burn and a cannon
arm, his talents on the diamond reminds
some of the late Hall of Famer "Roberto
Clemente."

When it comes to media relations, this is
where the three player’s part ways. Trout is
a "media darling" always upbeat and very
fluid with his conversation, Harper is cocky
and aloof, one of his famous quotes, to a
reporter “that’s a clown question Bro." Puig
is still learning the English language and
has to use an interpreter.
When it comes to media relations, this is
where the three player’s part ways. Trout is
a "media darling" always upbeat and very
fluid with his conversation, Harper is cocky
and aloof, one of his famous quotes, to a
reporter “that’s a clown question Bro." Puig
is still learning the English language and
has to use an interpreter.

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