Giants' Victor Bericoto shares tragic family update after Venezuela earthquakes
San Francisco Giants outfielder Victor Bericoto spoke to reporters prior to the San Francisco Giants' game against the Athletics on Thursday.
Giants' Victor Bericoto shares tragic family update after Venezuela earthquakes originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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I'm so, so sorry what you and your country are dealing with right now.
Do you know how your family and friends are doing?
Sabes cmo est tu familia y amigos all en Venezuela?
Eh, s, bueno, mi familia est bien, gracias a Dios.
Y s, tengo varios amigos peloteros que han jugado conmigo, que han compartido, que han perdido a su familia.
Yeah, my family is well, thank God.
I do have, uh, a few friends that I have play, had, that I have played baseball with that have lost their families.
Do you just sort of have any general thoughts on what's going on there and, you know, hopes for people to either help or send out positive thoughts?
Como Si podras explicar cmo te sientes, um, sabiendo y leyendo de lo que est pasando all en Venezuela y qu pensamientos positivos tienes para ellos all.
Este, bueno, es triste de, de todo lo que est pasando en mi pas.
Eh, ver cmo muchas personas pierden su casa, todo lo que tenan, familia, tantas vidas que se han perdido.
Es triste, eh, pero bueno, eh, darles un mensaje que, bueno, estamos, estamos con ellos apoyndolos a pesar del mal momento que estn pasando.
Y nada, bueno, eso.
I mean, it's really sad to see, you know, all the, what's, basically what's going on in my country.
Seeing entire families lose their homes, lose, uh, loved ones, lose everything that they had.
I mean, it's really sad to be so far away and not be able to, to do anything for them.
Uh, I guess the message that I could send to them is that we're with them, our prayers are with them, and just hoping that, that things gets better for them over there.
Did you know that this was going on during the game yesterday?
Sabas que esto haba pasado mientras estabas jugando anoche?
Eh, s, haba pasado.
Estaba un poco preocupado porque no haba podido comunicarme con mi familia.
Pero ya minutos antes de irme para el juego me pude comunicar con ellos y pude estar un poco ms tranquilo y pens que no era tan grave la cosa.
Ya despus del juego fue que vi todas las malas noticias.
Yeah, I was aware of it during the game.
I was a little bit, uh, worried, a little bit concerned because I was not able to, um, get ahold of my family.
But then, um, during the game I was able to connect with them.
But then I did not realize, uh, the magnitude of what had happened until after the game when I saw the images of, um, the, uh, destructions and the, and the, because of the earthquake.
I think a lot of your teammates stopped by last night just to check on you, chat with you.
What did that mean to you that so many guys stopped in?
Um, Alberto, tus compaeros de equipo vinieron aqu y te dijeron que sentimos lo que est pasando.
Uh, qu piensas de ese apoyo de tus compaeros?
Eh, bueno, darles muchas las gracias por, por el apoyo a pesar del mal momento.
Este, creo que desde el da uno me han tratado como familia y creo que lo agradezco mucho.
No, I appreciate that.
I mean, it's, uh, it means a lot when, uh, they came over here.
I mean, since day one, they treated me like, uh, like their own here, so really appreciate them.
Victor, how have you processed the emotions of the last, uh, 20 hours?
Because, you know, yesterday was, you know, the biggest swing of your career, but you contrast that with what has happened at home.
Just how do you, you know, compartmentalize all that?
Si puedes explicar, uh, las emociones que sientes de lo que ha pasado, este, lo triste que est pasando en tu pas, lo que hiciste durante el juego, cmo has podido manejar esas, uh, esas emociones.
Ha sido un poco difcil despus que sal del juego ver tantas noticias malas.
Eh, tambin porque, eh, la pareja de mi hermano perdi la vida tambin en, en, en eso que ocurri.
Entonces creo que fue una noche difcil, ya que como todo venezolano creo que no pudieron dormir nadie esperando, porque ha sido muy difcil todo lo que ha pasado en el pas.
Well, it was very difficult to process everything that has been going on.
I mean, uh, my brother's girlfriend lost her life, uh, in the earthquake.
Uh, I'm sure that a lot of us were not able to sleep all night because, uh, you know, we were trying to wait for news.
So it was very difficult to process everything that happened.
