..(ARAB GAZETTE - GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP
Having just finished his spring training routine, top Dodgers pitching prospect Julio Urias was approached for an interview by an English-speaking reporter. Befuddled, the 19-year old lefty from Mexico looked around, searching for the right words in a foreign language.
After a scramble in the clubhouse, the Dodgers brought Jaime Jarrin, the team's Hall of Fame Spanish broadcaster from Ecuador, to handle the designated translator duties.
"No doubt about it, it's a bit awkward," the usually outspoken Urias told The Associated Press. "You cannot express yourself with an American the same way you do with a Latino."
These episodes are common in major league clubhouses, and especially in spring training, where young, Spanish-speaking players from Latin America who are still adapting to the United States usually struggle with English. With that in mind, for the first time Major League Baseball instructed its 30 teams this season to hire full-time Spanish interpreters for their Latin players.
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