Showing posts with label Puerto Rico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Puerto Rico. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

The WWE Is Ruining... The Shining Stars (of Puerto Rico)

If there is one thing the WWE knows how to do, it is ruin talent, especially talent that is not white Americans. The second you bring in any sort of ethnicity, that becomes your entire being, and in the words of Carlito, "That's not cool." Speaking of Carlito Caribbean Cool, let's take a look at how the WWE is ruining his brother and cousin, The Shining Stars, Primo and Epico.

If you can name the most important thing the Shining Stars have done in their WWE career, you are a better man than I. I just remember they really liked Puerto Rico. Before that, they were matadors who had a bull and had really fun six man tag matches. I would guess they won the tag titles twice, because the tag titles have been passed around to just about everyone outside The Ascension.

Checking Wikipedia, it appears that I was close. Primo has won three tag titles, and Epico has won the titles once, since Primo twice won them with Carlito. That averages out to two tag titles for the pair. I know my Shining Stars trivia quite well, because they really haven't done much else that I forgot to mention outside of most recently being known as The Colons, but that is a very bad tag team name. In fact, that is a bad name for anything.

So, first off, to save the Shining Stars is to make their time shares in Puerto Rico real. Why couldn't the WWE purchase a property in Puerto Rico and give away week stays every week on Raw? Wouldn't that be awesome? I mean, who wouldn't cheer for The Shining Stars if it meant that they might get a free stay in Puerto Rico? I have heard it is beautiful there.

As for the wrestling side of things? It's Primo and Epico; it's not like they're going to set the world on fire. If you want to make them transitional champions until The Undisputed Era takes the belts, cool. But who needs titles when you have a timeshare on the beautiful beaches of Puerto Rico?

Other Wrestlers WWE Is Ruining
Alicia Fox
Andrade "Cien" Almas
Apollo Crews
Bayley
Big E
Big Show

Bobby Lashley
Bobby Roode
Carmella

Chad Gable

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

The 47 Best Players from the 1998 Chicago Cubs - #39 Pedro Valdes

39. Pedro Valdes
Pedro Valdes was a corner outfielder for the Chicago Cubs during the 1998 season. As you will learn through this article, that may have been the toughest position to find playing time for this team. Not only did they have starters in Sammy Sosa and Henry Rodriguez, but they would go on to add a ton of talent to their corner outfield, and had Jose Hernandez as a full-blown utility player. Still, Valdes managed to carve out a role in 14 games where he could attempt to help the team.

Although his line of .217/.250/.348 is not going to impress on its face, he did manage some positive contributions during his time on the big league roster that year. He went 3-4 with a double against the Royals, and his final at bat for the team was his best hit of the year as he managed a triple off of Jason Bere in a game against the Reds.

Unfortunately for Valdes, he was more of a Quad-A player. He could handle the AAA level, but when it came to the big leagues, he was never quite able to measure up. The good news was after he gave up the MLB, he went to Japan and truly found his niche. During his four years in Japan, he managed a .300 batting average with a little over 20 home runs per season. He ended up playing professional baseball in Mexico until 2011 and would still play in Puerto Rico until at least 2013. He managed to play 23 seasons, for 18 teams, in 13 leagues, in five countries. Valdes may have not had the most exciting major league baseball experience, but it's tough for anyone to match the experiences he lived because of baseball.

In case you missed it:
Introduction
#47 - Matt Karchner
#46 - Jose Nieves
#45 - Rodney Myers
#44 - Justin Speier
#43 - Tony Fossas
#42 - Kennie Steenstra

#41 - Chris Haney

#40 - Bob Patterson