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EPILOGUE 195 June 26, 1999 Wrigley Field. Chicago Cubs v. Philadelphia Phillies. Alexi Quiroz bought a ticket for the “standing room only” section of Wrigley Field. Alexi knew he would never play baseball in las Grandes Ligas because of his injury, and his experiences with the Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball were such that no one could blame him for never watching another major league game for the rest of his life. But he went to Wrigley Field, the home of the team that had exploited him and refused to take responsibility for the damage it had inflicted on his body and his future. He bought a ticket, adding to the Cubs’ gate revenues, revenues that Alexi knew would not be invested in Latin players in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Somehow, Alexi felt compelled to go, to watch the Cubs play. Why? Part of the compulsion driving Alexi to watch the Cubs and Phillies play was his remaining love for the game. Not the brutal business behind the game that had transformed his childhood baseball dreams into a nightmare of exploitation and mistreatment, but the game on the field, the game itself. Roberto González Echevarría described the connection Alexi still felt toward this game as “the magic of baseball.”1 Alexi’s love for the game was deeply rooted and would not be killed by the mistreatment he suffered at the hands of the Cubs and Major League Baseball. His attendance was an act of defiance—a message to himself that his spirit had not been broken. At his core, Alexi retained, despite all that had befallen him in his tragic odyssey in the globalization of baseball, the spark of youthful hope that gave birth so long ago to the innocent desire that began his fateful journey to this midsummer moment at Wrigley Field, “Papá, I want to play baseball.” Alexi married Elisa on December 16, 2000, in Maracay, Venezuela. He continues his law studies and also, when law school permits, helps his father 196 epilogue operate a new business Alexis Sr. started. Alexi thanks his family for all the support they gave him during his ordeal. He is eternally grateful for their belief in him and his fight for respect and justice. Alexi also thanks all those people who assisted him during his attempt to get the Chicago Cubs and the Commissioner’s Office to face their responsibilities. Finally, Alexi thanks you, the reader, for taking time and energy to read about his story and the globalization of baseball. ...

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