“I seen the way he played that he was a very good pitcher and a very good catcher.”

Jose Ramos was born in Los Angeles, California on September 14,1981. He played baseball at South Gate all his life.

Transcript:

Abraham Ramos: My name is Abraham Ramos and I am here with …

Jose Ramos: Jose Ramos.

AR: Today I will be asking you a couple of questions. First off I wanna say is me as a person who has been a Ramos person all my life I know baseball is something we Ramos people like to watch and play while growing up. But something I wanna know is were you always interested in baseball?

JR: Yes I was from watching my dad play since I was a little kid.

AR: At what age did you start to play baseball?

JR: I think I was thirteen years old when I started playing baseball.

AR: And did you start off in rec-ball or travel-ball?

JR: I started in rec-ball.

AR: For how long?

JR: I think it was like for one season.

AR: After that what did you end up doing?

JR: I end up playing in an adult league on Sundays with my dad.

AR: And did you play a lot?

JR: No, because the adults didn’t give me that much of an opportunity. But as I got older I proved to the adults I can play.

AR: And what position did you play?

JR: All of them.

AR: What were your main positions or positions?

JR: My main position was catcher.

AR: Were you good?

JR: Yeah, you can ask anyone. Everyone was afraid to steal on me.

AR: Wow you must have been really good.

JR: Yup had all the adults surprised. 

AR: [Exhales] Anyways did you ever dream about going pro?

JR: Yes I did.

AR: And who did you want to play for?

JR: The Los Angeles Dodgers.

AR: Who was someone you looked up to when it came to baseball.

JR: My dad because when I was growing up I seen the way he played that he was a very good pitcher and a very good catcher.

AR: Was that why you became a catcher?

JR: Yes seeing my dad made me want to be like him.

AR: Were you two like a father and son duo?

JR: Yes a really great duo.

AR: Must had been great. Anyways thank you for your time and that will be it for today.

JR: No problem anytime.

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