THE MERCEDES PITCH ESQUAD LLANES
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TRIUNFADOR
With a long career of 27 years in professional baseball, the pitcher Sinaloense Esquer-Mercedes in this season of the LMB (Liga Mexicana de Baseball) acts as a couch and Tuner Pitcher of San Luis, in his prolonged stay on top of the mound has shown consistency in winning the ball both in Mexico and the United States. Mercedes Esquer Llanes born on September 24, 1959 in San Sebastian, Guasave, Sinaloa, as all children had the good fortune to attend school and play sports in their leisure time, but was at the age of 13 years, just to complete primary education, he began to make a full tilt for the line in baseball. In his early days as a player played for the Batamote in the League of Packaging ", then signed him Mr. Barnabas War to play with his team in the league Leyva Solano," Saul Montoya "where did throw a no-hitter game against Ruiz Cortinez in 1973. That feat accomplished when he was just 15 years old, a person named Mario Cota was invited to try out that would be held in the City of Monterrey, Nuevo León. The instructor who receives it in the try out was Leo Rodriguez, who was his teacher, and then joining him Balti Jesus who was his manager in the Central League with the team "henequen"
Ciudad Victoria since 1976.
began to emerge
As dawns in his career, in the professional development circuit pitched a perfect game in 1976 against the team of Fresnillo, which was peer Jesus Manuel Lopez, who is currently a couch to the Obregon Yaquis, as well as also Leo Valenzuela Mario Flores, Genaro Leon, Julian Camargo was his catcher in that memorable match, and others who belonged to the same computer.
Among the players from Fresno to the pride of San Sebastian threw a perfect game, militated Nelson Barrera (RIP), Dagoberto Román, David Villagomez, Alejandro Lopez, among others.
IN 1977 REACHES THE MEXICAN LEAGUE
for his immeasurable work perfect game, Mercedes Esquer was posted on Mexican League with the Monterrey Sultans team in the summer of 1977. The first major campaign had it in 1981 when he won 15 games in exchange for 7 losses. Again became an important figure in 1997 to sign a whopping 13 wins for only 3 defeats. With Yucatan Lions also made phenomenal track to have four season, the first was in 1988 with 14 wins 6 losses. The following summer, improved his statistics at the end of the year to 16-4. In 1991 he turned to get into the kitchen to get 15 wins and only 3 defeats. But to be ratified as a premier pitcher, Mercedes Esquer relocated his name with golden letters in the record books, finishing with 18 wins and 4 losses with the same Yucatan Leones in 1992. Consider Sinaloense pitcher has been Mérida, Yucatán, where fans and directors have been treated very well by his eight seasons he had in that place, stating that maybe that good treatment was due to the wonderful performances he had with the team Yucatan with whom he won 99 games.
On his return to the Monterrey Sultans, participated in two consecutive championships staying on track when going through the third. In his 24 summers in Mexican League teams with the Monterrey Sultans, Tigres of Mexico, Yucatan Lions, Broncos Reynosa Las Tunas in San Luis, Mercedes Esquer has accumulated 127 wins 217 losses. Mercedes Esquer
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Mexican Pacific League
ball in the Mexican Pacific League, San Sebastian Lefty has played with nine teams, be they Hermosillo, Navojoa, Tijuana, Mexicali, Los Mochis and Guasave. Mercedes Esquer began with the Naranjeros of Hermosillo in the winter of 1978-79. With this team leave mark 5 wins 3 losses for three seasons. With Navojoa gave numbers of 26 wins for 21 reversals, with Tijuana scored 3 wins and 4 losses, in the year he played with even stay Ostioneros Guaymas with 6 wins 6 losses, with the Guasave Cotton has managed 17 wins and 18 losses, numbers that seek to improve and that at any moment will be activated as a reliever without leaving their couch functions of pitching. Militating for the Yaquis de Obregon left its mark of 16 wins for 13 defeats, with the Mazatlan Deer had earned performance of 4 for 3 missing, with Los Mochis Sugarcane in two campaigns had figures of 19 wins 7 losses and the Eagles Mexicali, in his three seasons are strung together 28 wins to 10 defeats.
Guasave cotton farmers invite as couch of pitching in 2002 led by Raul Cano, a task that has been playing with the Broncos Reynosa and the cotton made him feel in your space.
THE TRIPLE CROWN
pitching 44 seasons in icy ball, the veteran pitcher 45 years old and 1.88 tall, has been the only one who has pointed out the triple crown of pitching. This work was achieved with the Mexicali Eagles in the winter of 1988-89 in which he won 13 games for 3 missing, was the best in strikeouts with 110 chocolates and effectiveness surpassed them all with an excellent 2.09. Had 6 shutouts to take the scepter as well and a draw with Jose Peña. In its 24 winter campaigns, the Sinaloa has 115 wins mark of 85 lost, with 1.234 and 2.95 strikeouts in CLA.
IN THE UNITED STATES
As owner of a line ranging between 87 and 89 miles per hour in the year 1982 the Pittsburgh Pirates won a Mercedes with which launched in the League games grapefruit, but finished the preseason games was returned to Mexican League for months after returning to the United States in Portland triple "A" which certainly received the desired opportunities.
Pittsburgh the following year and traded him to Toronto Blue Jays sent him to Knoxville to the Texas League "AA" which was having good performance, just a sore shoulder sent him the operating room for three years to achieve a good recovery. For winning the triple crown of pitching with Mexicali XXXX season, the Detroit Tigers in 1989 took him to major league training count was fine, but a few days of starting the season in the American League manager Sparky Anderson, take it out of the roster to have too much pitching. Mercedes Esquer believes that having been in the baseball training will serve you well in your life to baseball and learned many secrets in the mechanics of pitching. In games of the Grapefruit League in the Major Leagues is proud of having thrown a Don Mttingly, Ruben Sierra, Dave Winfield, Gary Carter and many others prick him as well as the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers and also have faced the tremendous pitcher Tom Server. These are all very nice memories stored in his memory El Zurdo de San Sebastián.
Mercedes Esquer said that baseball has given him a very nice life as the pitching triple crown, adding the year they won the title with Mexicali Eagles in 1988-89, having launched the major league monsters in games preseason, the Dominican Republic have beaten a game in the 1989 Caribbean Series in Mazatlan, and so much more that make it look like a movie to feel the admiration and the love he has professed people and that it has become very important, but without neglecting the humility and modesty should be with people, highlighting Mercedes Esquer that the media are part of an athlete's training to give them disclosed to the public and teach the right track with well-intentioned criticism. In 2003, he devoted the winter to give free pitching clinics for youth and children Navojoa, with his class one of the most popular for amateur athletes dedicated to baseball.
With two sons, Luis Mercedes y Gabriela 24 and 19 years old, Mercedes Esquer who lives with his wife Elia Casillas native of Puerto Vallarta, the Sinaloa Navojoa lives very happily in Sonora, where they reside.
His brothers Armando, Tomas, Maria de Jesus and Delia, his Mum and Dad Llanes Esther Thomas (RIP), are very happy with the choice made, that of being a player. Mercedes Esquer advised children and young people to study first, because the race in the sport do not know when it will end, however the college there are more options to succeed.
Héctor López Islas, Journalist of the City of Los Mochis Sinaloa.
On July 26, Mercedes Esquer say goodbye to the mound against the team that gave him his first opportunity: Monterrey Sultans.
