Andrew Jones

And I was like, whoa, I'm on the ballot with all these big names that is probably going to be first ballot.

And you get trained to the lower part of it.

But I was lucky enough.

I appreciate all the voters that...

kept me in there, kept me on that trend, you know, just so I can barely stay there and, you know, the voters that vote me in for this year.

Well, I mean, you know, words cannot speak for everyone.

I mean, we grew up playing baseball so much down there.

You know, that's all we knew since we grew up.

We wanted to play baseball.

You know, I will say thank you for Anthony Mullins to give us an opportunity to be the first guy that opened the door for us and the guys that came after that from, you know, that came after him to give us a chance.

You know, I know Curacao was...

have so many guys that, that have signed professionally that never made it.

But those guys that I, when I got the opportunity to sign, I used to work out with them and, and they taught me so much about what I need to look forward for, for into the minor league so I can be successful.

So I have so many guys helping me in any way.

And I took advantage of all those opportunities that those guys gave me.

So, you know, to be the first guy that, that,

Ale, for the first player to make it from Curacao, it's a great honor.

And I know we're going to have more people coming.

And I know Kenny Jens is going to be the next one.

And I can't wait to see him.