Ceña and Peña, the sultans horses in front of Red Sox
Luis Cessa and Ramiro Peña share anecdotes that lived in Major League duels against Boston’s novena
Luis Cessa and Ramiro Peña are the two most important faces of Monterrey Sultans that will face the Boston Red Sox in a historical series for the royal franchise and for Mexican baseball.
Cese and Grief They know very well what this series means. His past with New York Yankees They make them known thoroughly the rivalry between those of the Bronx and those of Fenway Park. While now they receive them with a different ninth, and in preseason games for both, none wants to lose to which one day was the hateful rival.
Luis Cessa He was with the Yankees From 2016 to 2021 before moving on to the Cincinnati Reds in 2022. With the mules he had good times and recalled, in a talk with AM850a classic against Red Sox where he struck out David Ortiz With the house full.
“I had to pichar him David Ortiz With bases full in the sixth inning. I had the opportunity to get it and get out of that inning with full bases and nothing, I went out with minimal damage and still kept the advantage of the game. So, obviously that punch is very marked in my memory, ”he shared Cese About his most important memory in rivalry Yankees -red Sox.
The feeling of leaving alive before one of the best toleteros of the great tent was exceptional. He said that he did not let himself be intimidated by the name of the ‘Big Papi’ and that it was Carlos Beltrán who helped him out with confidence to the hill.
“One is accustomed to watching them on television. If you play a video game, I had to play using David Ortiz as a batter. So, it was like being living dreams, I am watching what I saw on television, what I play in my house, in the PlayStation. It feels like it is not real. I don’t know how to explain it, it’s a nervous feeling, ”he acknowledged Cese.
“You are with adrenaline to a thousand, nervousness, excited. You are facing your idols, with which you grew up seeing them on television, but a advice that gave me Carlos Beltrán It is that at the end of the day, he can have more history, he can have more years than you, but at the end of the day, you are already at the same level as him because you have already arrived, ”he shared about that teaching.
In that sense, he admitted that he felt that emotion to the skin of leather and that is why he left without damage in that sixth inning of September 27, 2016, game that the Yankees won 4-6 at home.
“At the end of the day, he is a player, he is one more human being, he will fail how he will make good contacts, as you fail a picheo and you will throw good picheos. At the end of the day, the two are at the same level. Maybe they have more experience, but you are at the level of any player who puts yourself in Major Leagues”Added the today’s player of the Sultans.
Meanwhile, Ramiro Peña recalled, also in exclusive talk with AM850its most memorable moment wearing the jacket of the Yankeeswhich behaved from 2009 to 2012.
In view of Boston He lived a curious fact, which involved the bullpen and a journey through the diamond. “The best was once I was in the Bullpen, because sometimes I went to the bullity to catch up and sent me to talk to run and stay in the game, but obviously brought the harnesses,” said the ‘chicken’ Peña, with a sorisa when he remembered the anecdote.
“Obviously I was running with the harnesses, with everything and I just said you don’t fall because you are on national television, you will not fall and because no, I did not fall, I arrived, I took away my harnesses quickly and went to run and I already stayed in the game, but yes, the truth at that time I felt a nerve a lot,” he added Grief.
The importance of facing MLB equipment
Ramiro Peña accepted the taste that has to be measured once again Bostonespecially for what the franchise means in the great tent and what he feels to collide with them once again, but now from a team of the Mexican Baseball League.
“It is a very beautiful experience. Major Leagues To play against a team of LMBsince last year that the Yankees with Devilsthe truth was that it was something very special and good that we are giving the opportunity now to Sultans to play with a team such as Bostonwith so much tradition, very happy the truth. ”
For its part, Cese He said that this opportunity is very important for the Mexican fans, which does not always have the opportunity to enjoy the teams of Major Leagues And he hoped that more teams will come in the years.
“Receiving teams from Major Leagues in Mexico It is a very good opportunity. There are many people who do not have the opportunity to travel to the United States and see a major league game, and receive a team here in Mexico is an incredible opportunity. Last year came Yankees. This year came Boston. And hopefully the following years will continue to come to the MExic series. I think it will serve, ”he said Luis Cessa.
