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Brayan Villarreal:" True emotion felt in the spring "Tenth Inning

pitcher debuted Detroit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, but said the prime of his career he experienced last week

Brayan Villarreal was released on Saturday at Yankee Stadium before more than 40 000 people. A dream situation for many, but very few manage realize.

reliever Al ordered heat right at the top of the sixth inning, but had to make efforts to master the adrenaline flowing throughout your body, watching the crowd from the visitors' bullpen, his enthusiasm did not compare with the time when he was informed that he had managed to make the team and be one of the relievers the Tigers.

"debut at Yankee Stadium is a great honor. It's something you'll always remember. But the real emotion felt in spring training, two days before the start of the season as pitching coach (Rick Knapp) told me that was inside. It was grandeliga. It was what he wanted all my life. No matter when I premiered, and belonged to a team of elders, "Villarreal told by telephone, shortly before boarding the plane would move the team to Detroit to Baltimore, where they will play tonight after a three-game series . "(Knapp) told me I deserved for the work they had done in spring training (3.09 ERA in 11.2 innings). Then the manager (Jim Leyland) was confirmed. Then I called my parents. It was a great joy. "

Villarreal, 23 years old, became Venezuela's 258 that fails to act in a game of older. The slugger Alex Rodriguez gave him a bit warm welcome at the end of the sixth inning of the Bengalis who lost 10-6.

"I wanted to throw short. I opened it straight in on strike. Then I threw a slider, close to the area that the referee (Jerry Meals) sang as a ball, but we all saw it as good. Then I threw another line nearby, but was appreciated ball. I threw the third ball and not wanting to give ticket, came with straight out there and took it (to 426 feet to center field). The damage was done, so then I concentrated on getting the post. "

After the homer, Robinson Cano struck out swinging, Nick Swisher rolled her second, Jorge Posada singled to right, and Curtis Granderson runner forced at second on a grounder by the waiter.

"It was great to be there, despite the home run. I felt very good. But if you put me to choose, I prefer the moment when I found out it was grandeliga "he said.

This paper was published in the daily El Nacional on April 4, 2011