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Doyers’ 14-Year-Old Prospect

July 24, 2024
Mexican 14-year-old baseball player Ezequiel Rivera signed with the LA Dodgers, promising to take care of his mother from now on.
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Baseball player Ezequiel Rivera, 14, from Culiacán, Sinaloa has gone viral after signing with the LA Dodgers.

Videos of Rivera calling his mother after signing with the team made the rounds on social...
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The L A daughters have signed a contract with Eza Rivera,
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a Mexican baseball player from Culiacan Sinaloa.
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The 14 year old is being hailed as the next big prospect
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from Mexico. There's a clip doing numbers where Rivera shares the
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life changing announcement with his mother over the phone and it's beautiful
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It literally made me cry.
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It's like that gets you in your fields and but let me
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just break it down a little bit.
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So he calls his mom.
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He's like mom. I have some news.
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I finally signed with the Dodgers and his eyes are all,
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you know, teary,
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all his voice is cracking and he's telling his mom like mom
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you can finally,
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you know, relax and rest and you know what,
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even go back to Culiacan like you're good.
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I'm gonna send you back home like you can have your own
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place. He told his mom.
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Yu can, can.
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That is so sweet.
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I feel like first of all,
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he's only 14. That's crazy.
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That is what we do at 14 B I'm like I was
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in quinceaneras or getting ready.
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I was, I don't know watching youtube.
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What were you doing,
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bro? I think was in junior high you're probably in middle
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school. Maybe watching,
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like Jersey Shore. Jersey Shore.
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Is that, is that the right age?
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I feel like that makes sense regardless.
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I think it's so interesting that the first thing he thought of
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was, oh, you're a good mom you're taken care of
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That's what's up and he's,
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like, going back home and letting her rest.
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That is so sweet of him.
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No. Yeah, for sure.
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And I think it's cool because again,
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I'm sure this mom didn't expect that but she's like,
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oh when you saw you're gonna say no,
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but like mom, I'm gonna take care of you.
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I'm gonna take care of the fam.
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Like that's the dream,
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right? Like you again,
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I'm sure a lot of my parents are no Mio like,
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you know, you do this but like,
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nah screw that. Like I'm going to take care of you
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I'm gonna hold it down.
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Yeah, he's gonna hold it down for the family and I'm
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really excited to see how his career plays out.
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I mean, I feel like how does he work?
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Can a 14 year old be on a,
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so what they do is like,
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they're gonna do like the whole farm system like the low,
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there's different leagues in baseball where they kind of like,
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you know, get their prospects ready and like,
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get them all like,
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you know, ready for the big leagues because you get on
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that stage. It's like,
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you know, everyone's watching this.
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Meanwhile there's like, you know,
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kind of like in soccer,
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like the U 20 like that,
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the young talent, the guy has an arm,
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like he's crazy throwing 95.
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So the trust, I mean,
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they know he has potential,
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they're gonna cook with him essentially,
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you know. So,
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I mean, Ezekiel,
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we hope, you know,
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we wish you the best,
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but I can't wait to see you in your Dodgers stadium because
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we'll see you in a couple of years,
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bro. Party.