Adrian Gonzalez is back. He’s a Mariachi. An aspiring Olympian, too
LA TimesFormer Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, shown hitting a home run in the 2016 playoffs, last played in the major leagues in 2018 for the New York Mets. The five-time all-star announced Tuesday that he had signed with the expansion Guadalajara Mariachis of the Mexican League, giving the new team a marquee attraction and giving Gonzalez a place to train in anticipation of representing Mexico in this summer’s Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee voted to cut baseball, citing the sport’s lack of popularity in wide areas of the world and the refusal of Major League Baseball to interrupt its season so the world’s best players could compete in the Olympics. MLB responded by launching the World Baseball Classic, staged before the start of the major league season.
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