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Orbit's contributions don't stop on the field. Whether it's on the dugout, in the stands or on the field, Orbit's hilarious hijinks have garnered attention from some of the world's top media outlets, including ESPN, MLB Network, FOX Sports, CBS Sports, SB Nation, Yahoo! Sports, The Huffington Post, USA Today, E! Online, MTV, and GQ Magazine to name a few! Many of these performances can be found online, where their respective videos have collectively garnered nearly half a billion views. And if you happen to catch one of our Friday Night Fireworks shows following every Friday night home game, you can often find Orbit performing as the opening act for that night's show! During the game itself, be on the lookout for some of Orbit's signature shenanigans which can happen on the field or even right next to you in the stands. So, we’re just asking God to bless him and maintain his health.Since rejoining the team in 2012 as the official mascot of the Houston Astros, Orbit has quickly become one of the most popular mascots in baseball and all of sports! During pregame, you can often find him giving a fun Astros 'welcome' to some of baseball's top athletes such as Mike Trout, Chris Archer, Francisco Lindor and Adrian Beltre. “Since he was a kid, we saw the talent that he has, but we never thought or imagined how far he was going to go and how far he has been able to get to. “The first thing that makes us feel proud is the human being that he has become, that we raised such a good kid,” Salazar said. And although they’re thrilled with his success on the field, they’re equally excited for who he is off it. It was easy to see how proud Alvarez’s parents are of their son, who entered Tuesday tied for third in the majors with 31 homers. I don’t have words to express what I’m feeling right now and what is going through my mind right now.” “And this is a feeling that only a mom knows what it feels like. When reminded of a game earlier this year when Alvarez called her back home to say he’d hit a homer for her on her birthday, she became overcome with emotion and wept openly - wiping away tear after tear as they streamed down her face. For his mother the entire night was a bit too much.

His father beamed as he watched his son’s first at-bat Tuesday. He made his MLB debut in June 2019 and went on to win American League Rookie of the Year.

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I knew I had their support, but obviously they weren’t here.”Īlvarez defected from Cuba in 2016 and established residence in Haiti before signing with the Dodgers as an international free agent in June of that year. And when I arrived here, I arrived by myself. “Obviously, when I came into the United States it was not easy. “It means everything,” he said in Spanish through a translator. “He was just happy and excited because we were all waiting for this moment to come,” Salazar said.Īlvarez was moved to know how special it was for his parents to finally see him play after being away from them for so long. So how did Alvarez, who has long spoke of his desire for his family to see him play, respond when he learned that they’d finally be watching him after such a long wait? “We know that in order to make things happen we have to confront difficulties and that’s why we’re here today.” “It never crossed our minds that we were not going to be able to be here,” his father said. Altuve scores on wild pitch in 10th, Astros beat Texas 4-3

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