Cleveland Indians’ relief pitcher Fausto Carmona faces serious criticism on forged identity
The Cleveland Indians’ relief pitcher Fausto Carmona is currently under huge criticism for having false identity before being arrested and eventually released on bail of $13,000 last week from his native country Dominican Republic outside the US consulate in order to get US visa.
As soon as this news broke on US national TV, a huge uproar against Carmona came out in public as well. The Indians' loyal fans did not understand earlier as to why Carmona has to do all of this.
He is a good player and good spirited man as well, but why on earth someone will be doing this kind of name hiding. These questions were all over the media but no one from the Indians management came out and answered those questions.
A little later, a statement did come out from the Indians' general manager Chris Antonetti but this was only a little comment with no factual details about Carmona’s late arrest in Dominican Republic. Antonetti said, “Manny's talked with Fausto directly. We've had numerous conversations with his representatives, as well as people in Major League Baseball and other authorities. There's obviously some uncertainty with Fausto's situation, but as we've talked about throughout the course of the offseason.”
He added, “We've looked for opportunities to improve the team in any way we can. This is a guy we've had interest in for a while. For a lot of reasons, this made sense. Certainly, with the uncertainty about Fausto's situation, it gave us maybe a little more clarity about how he'll fit on the club.”
On opposing to this recent approach of many that Carmona certainly did something wrong and brought shame to the club, this is also to remind that this particular incident of fake identity is not the first one in history of baseball and most importantly of Major League Baseball.
Instead, MLB players from certain Caribbean nations repeatedly change their names. The Indians' fans should recall former starter Bartolo Colon, who lied about his age. Like Carmona and Colon, another pitcher, Leo Nunez, was caught as his actual name was Juan Carlos Oviedo.
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