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

Jose Ramos just won the championship for a Friday night baseball league.

Abraham Ramos

Jose Ramos just won the championship for a Friday night baseball league.

Interview audio

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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