Six years in a row he was the leading hitter

Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE). “Even the butterfly cow has the internet”… Simón Díaz.

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Today, Tuesday and tomorrow, are Mail Days. Please send me your full name and the town or city where you are writing to me from. Very thankful.

Héctor Peña, from Los Teques, asks, “What is the record of most consecutive years being the leader at bat in the Major Leagues and who has it?”
Friend Jeity: The record is six years old, and it has been there since 1925. Rogers Hornsby, second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1920 he was champion with 370; in 1921, 397; 1922, 401; in 1923, 384; in 1924, 424; 1925, 403.

Several readers, from different countries, complain because the column is not appearing with the usual regularity. They informed me yesterday, Monday, that there are difficulties with the internet. They say they are repairing. I write and send every day, as always. Thanks for worrying. And let’s be patient.

Rodrigo Gutiérrez, from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, sent this message: “Old age says goodbye in the morning, when I bathe, shave and enjoy the company of my friends around the steaming coffee.”

Néstor Zambrano, from Maracaibo, asks: “Can a pitcher decide if he is a starter or a reliever?”
Friend Nes: That decision is not necessary, since the Academies and the minor leagues prepare each pitcher for the specialty they can best perform, according to their abilities.

Ender Juvencio, from Santiago de Chile, asks: “What do you think of the decision of Major League Baseballto absorb the numbers of the two thousand 300 players of the Negro Leagueswhich places Josh Gibson as the all-time leader in several departments?
Friend Endo: It seems very good to me. That is integration, and it facilitates the study of the Negro Leagues.

Rosiland Procuna, from Los Angeles, requests: “I don’t know if you already answered my question, because there have been several days here without your column appearing. Please, I am the one who asked you “Is it true that there are Mexican Major League players who never played in Mexico?”

Friend Shila: According to “Puro Beisbol”, that is true and they say there have been 10. But there are only nine, since Ben Greenwood, whom they include, is Irish. The nine truly natives of Mexico are the following and the first four are already retired: Jesse Flores, Luis Gómez, Yovani Gallardo, Marco Estrada, Luis Cessa, Julio Urías, Alejandro Kirk, Andrés Muñoz, Luis González.
By the way, they include Andrés Nuñoz, but he is Muñoz, born in Los Mochis.

Thanks to the life that has given me so much, even a reader like you.

ATTENTION.- You can read the recent file of “Juan Vené en la Pelota” on the internet, entering “sport unites us again”.

Of Venezuelan origin, naturalized American. He was born on January 10, 1929. He began working as a reporter in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1947, and later graduated, in 1953, as a journalist from the Márquez Sterling school in Havana, Cuba. Postgraduate degree in historian in 1963, at Saint Francis College, Andale, Minnesota. He has covered all types of sources in journalism, has directed newspapers and magazines in Venezuela and the United States. Since October 1960, he has dedicated himself exclusively to Major League baseball. He was a radio and television announcer of Major League games for 22 years for Latin America, including Mexico. He has produced and broadcast numerous television programs about baseball. His daily column,

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