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A 12-Year-Old Baseball Standout Trains Through Tears After Venezuela Quakes Leave Him Homeless
The 12-year-old is training in an abandoned stadium and living in a tent after the earthquakes left about 18,000 people homeless, officials said.
- On June 24, two powerful earthquakes devastated La Guaira, destroying the home of 12-year-old baseball prospect Yeferson Seijas and displacing thousands across the Venezuelan state.
- Yeferson survived because he and a friend left a bakery to retrieve a dropped debit card just before it collapsed, while simultaneously the floor of his family's apartment gave way.
- Among roughly 18,000 people classified as homeless by Venezuela's government, Yeferson lives in a makeshift tent at a field-turned-shelter housing roughly 500 displaced residents in Playa Grande.
- Trainer Franklin Longa identifies the shortstop as a potential MLB prospect as Yeferson continues training at an abandoned stadium in Guaracarumbo despite the devastation surrounding him.
- Registration in national leagues has plummeted since 2005, with only 40,000 children now participating as Venezuela's protracted crisis and pandemic have hindered youth baseball development nationwide.
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A 12-year-old baseball prodigy trains through tears after Venezuela quakes leave him homeless
There were many casualties in the earthquakes that rocked parts of Venezuela last month. Thousands of lives were lost, homes destroyed, livelihoods devastated. In the hardest hit state of La Guaira, the nation's most popular sport is providing solace and…
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A 12-year-old baseball standout trains through tears after Venezuela quakes leave him homeless
There were many casualties in the earthquakes that rocked parts of Venezuela last month. Thousands of lives were lost, homes destroyed, livelihoods devastated.
·New York, United States
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