"Becoming Yordano"

Emma BaccellieriEmma Baccellieri|published: Sun 22nd January, 16:40 2017
Photo Credit: David Eulitt/ [object Object]Photo Credit: David Eulitt/ [object Object]

Something worth revisiting after the death of Yordano Ventura this morning—the Kansas City Star’s 2015 series “Becoming Yordano,” which followed the pitcher home to the Dominican Republic and traced his background from his childhood small town to the Royals Academy in Santo Domingo.

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