00:00And I think that the perfect embodiment of the Dominican Republic right now is Junior Camonero.
00:05And there's a ton out there about the narrative surrounding Camonero and Manny Machado's relationship.
00:11There's a photo of Baltimore Manny and Junior Camonero at Camden Yards.
00:16And Junior is, what, 10 years old, 11 years old.
00:19And now he gets to take ground balls in the same darn position that Manny Machado is taking ground balls
00:24at, their teammates.
00:24That is the perfect embodiment of the DR to me because Junior Camonero is living out a dream right now.
00:32And he's having so much fun doing it.
00:34And he's rising to the moment.
00:35It feels like everybody on this team, maybe with the exception of Christopher Sanchez to this point,
00:40who looked a little shaky in his first start of the World Baseball Classic, they're all living out a dream.
00:46And Junior Camonero is still that little kid that got to meet Manny Machado.
00:50And I guarantee you, Machado is having a great time playing with a kid that idolized him growing up.
00:55There are so many wrinkles to this Dominican Republic team that make them lovable right now.
01:02And I know that as an American baseball fan, you're probably looking at the DR as the biggest competition to
01:08the United States to win the World Baseball Classic.
01:11Don't look at it like that.
01:12You get to watch these guys every single day play for your favorite team in Major League Baseball.
01:16Just be fired up that you get as many games of the U.S. and the DR and Venezuela and
01:22Japan as possible.
01:23And speaking about Junior Camonero, just for one quick note, before I move over to the pitching side,
01:27because there was an impressive performance on the mound for the DR, Junior Camonero is 22 years old.
01:33He could realistically be playing college baseball right now.
01:37Justin LeBron, the shortstop for Alabama, who's expected to go likely in the top five,
01:42maybe the second overall pick after the White Sox will likely select Rock Chalowski.
01:47Justin LeBron is 21 years old.
01:50Like a guy supposed to go in next year's draft who's still in the beginning of his college baseball season
01:56is a year younger than Junior Camonero.
01:59Remember what you were doing at 22 years old?
02:01Junior Camonero is hitting multiple home runs.
02:02I think we were just starting this.
02:04Yeah, exactly.
02:05Junior Camonero is hitting multiple home runs in the World Baseball Classic.
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